Receptive Laguage Flashcards
What is receptive language
Understanding language
What examples flog activities can you give for receptive language?
Give a child a few diagrams
Can you point to the dog?
What other forms of receptive language can you think of?
Hear the message
Understand the message
Comprehend the message
This is important for receptive language. Hence communication pyramid.
List receptive language strategies for the classroom
Receptive Language Difficulties – Top tips for the classroom
Use more accessible language in the classroom
Use words that are familiar to the students
Reduce the complexity of your language
Pre-teach vocabulary
Provide descriptions of unfamiliar or complex vocabulary
Give a description rather than a definition and ask the student can use the word in a sentence
Explain the meanings of instructional words e.g. evaluate, distinguish between, enumerate. Explain or simplify instructional words:
“Find an answer to” rather than “solve”
“Make bigger” rather than “magnify”
Consider the classroom environment and seating
Gain the student’s full attention prior to speaking
Slow your rate of speech
Try to explain things to the student when the school environment / classroom is quiet
Use gesture with explanation and make sure he is looking at you when you talk
Use shorter, simpler sentences in a logical order, using pauses to allow processing time
Provide “Brain Breaks” or little bursts of physical activity to facilitate attention
Restate, rephrase and emphasize important information
Encourage the student to clarify if he has not understood what was said
Use visual supports for instruction (for example pointing, pictures, visual schedules etc.)
Allow extra time for the student to think and respond when answering questions, and encourage him to think about an answer prior to responding
Consider a peer-pairing or buddy system
Introduce new skills at a level at which the student can achieve 100% success and increase in small steps as a task becomes more difficult
Use a number line during Maths
Provide activities that are “hands-on” and practical to help with understanding
List strategies for receptive difficulties for parents
Top tips for parents to help their child’s understanding at home (comprehension, receptive language):
Talk about things as you do them so the child learns to link words with actions.
Play with your child! Play helps develop speech and language skills. Commentate on what your child is doing so they can link spoken words with their actions
Avoid complex concepts and language when talking to your child
Keep your language simple, your sentences short and clear, emphasizing key words
When talking to our child make sure you have their attention and there are no distractions (e.g. music, TV etc)
Always face your children when talking to them
Give your child to think, process and respond to questions and instructions
Look at books together as often as possible and name the items in the pictures, ask questions and discuss the stories
When you ask your child to do something, get them to repeat back what you have said to make sure that they heard you and understood
Occasionally give them a task that requires them to remember several things, to give practice at rehearsing information and remembering it. For instance, send them to the bedroom to get 2 or 3 different items
Try and encourage a good routine of sleep for your child through the week and focus on healthy options for breakfast and lunch as this can impact on listening and attention through the day
If you have a busy household with lots family members, make sure your child is given time to listen and to get their message across
When child is having difficulty reading why may that be?
May struggle to understand words they are reading and can be a receptive difficulty
When child is reading aloud and has difficulty why may that be
Speech? Understanding the word? Decoding : sounding our written words - match letter to sound ?! (What difficulty is this?)
Reading disorders can also involve problems with specific skills:
Word decoding. People who have difficulty sounding out written words struggle to match letters to their proper sounds.
Fluency. People who lack fluency have difficulty reading quickly, accurately, and with proper expression (if reading aloud).
Poor reading comprehension. People with poor reading comprehension have trouble understanding what they read.
