W6 - Receptive Language Flashcards
1
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What is receptive language?
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Receptive language means the ability to understand information, including understanding words, sentences and meaning of what others say or what is read – Afasic, 2017
2
Q
How might a child with receptive language difficulties present?
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- Ask lots of questions
- Very literal
- Find it tricky to follow instructions
- Dominate conversations
- Imitation/observation of the actions of others
- Inappropriate responses/actions
- Be anxious/withdrawn
- Go off task easily/seemingly struggle to concentrate
- Be ‘naughty’
3
Q
What individual impairments can impact understanding and the development of understanding?
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- Attention and listening skills
- Auditory memory
- Auditory discrimination
- Poor metalinguistic awareness
- Poor sequencing or reasoning
- Sensory impairments
- Motor impairments
- Cognitive impairments
- DLD
4
Q
How do situational/external impairments impact understanding and the development of understanding?
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- Amount of information given (overload/too high ICW)
- Availability of opportunites for concept development
- Lack of stimulation
- Home life stability
- Complexity of grammar used in sentences
- Vocabulary used in sentences
- Personal levels of interest
- Links to own experience and knowledge
- Feedback
- Overly stimulating environment (busy classroom walls, noise)
- Unfamiliar environment (too daunting/too interesting)
5
Q
What are the 4 elements of Blank’s Levels?
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