Expressive Language Flashcards
What expressive language
To give a response verbally
Ask a child what is a pencil - what modality is this?
This is a expression - Emitting a response.
Why should we carry out expressive language assessment?
To help the child:
To communication their thoughts and feelings through spoken language
To express themselves through their writing
To support with their academic achievement
Why are you going to carry out an expressive language assessment?
What will you look at?
The three areas which are specifically for spoken Language
Semantics
Morphology
Syntax
We want to know what the expressive skills the child current has and what expressive skills they are struggling with
What areas would a SLT want to look into when assessing EXPRESSIVE LANGUAGE
The child’s vocabulary
Grammar (morphology & syntax)
— knowledge about the word structure ( morphology) able time differentiate between singular and plural. ( dog vs dogs) or past and present (we run vs we ran)
—- knowledge about the sentence structure (syntax) to understand and build sentences - word order defines meaning! I.e girl chases boy & not vice versa
Sentence skills
Use the information from your assessment to create a therapy plan!
List the assessment needs for expressive language.
STAP? Speech. This is expression right?
What areas of expressive language should you identify and give examples for each
Semantics:
Number of single words.
Relationships between words.
Diversity in vocabulary.
Inappropriate use of the word.
Morphology:
Use of grammatical markers. Use of plurals. Use of tense. Using the correct word form. Use of negatives.
Syntax:
Mean utterance length.
Range of utterances.
Types of sentences used.
Use of correct word order.
What would an expressive language assessment help to establish?
An expressive language assessment will help establish if the child has:
Expressive language delay.
Expressive language disorder.
Specific language impairment (SLI/DLD)
Communication difficulties
Tips
Look at areas of your knowledge which needs enhancing
Identify the gaps of your knowledge
Why carry out an assessment in expressive language?
assessment will help the speech and language therapist to create an individualised therapy programme
Why is an expressive language assessment required?
Spoken language allows a child to express their thoughts, feelings and opinions.
Children who do not have the correct skills or struggle with expressing themselves in a way that can be understood by others are often left unheard, or their opinions and thoughts are not considered, and can often be assumed and spoken for by others.
Children with expressive language difficulties may not have a range of vocabulary to express what they are thinking, or they have difficulty using the correct word order in sentences, or they may only speak in single words.
Children may speak in long complex sentences but they may carry no meaning or give any information to the listener. These difficulties can impact a child’s communication ability and social interaction. It can also impact their academic learning and development.
What conditions require an expressive language assessment
Below are some of the common conditions the expressive language assessment is used for:
Aphasia Autism spectrum disorder Acquired head / brain injury High-functioning autism Developmental delay Developmental verbal dyspraxia DEVELOPMENTAL LANGUAGE DISORDER Down's syndrome Learning disabilities Specific language impairment Stroke
The expressive language assessment will help identify the specific difficulties your child is experiencing and the impact of these difficulties on their day to day activities.
What are the 5 components of expression
Articulation - sounds which make up the word
Vocabulary - words
Syntax - word order - words to be in the right order
Grammar - morphology ( word endings)
Pragmatics - is it appropriate to the situation
Name one form of expressive language you would look at and why?
Can you link theory?
What assessment would you use to find out more?
What intervention?
Narrative
— ability to tell a story by sequencing and structuring a story. Recounting personal events.
What’s required from narratives?
1- Child to know characters and events to pick out the most relevant aspect of the story.
2- Put events in a logical order and to understand cause and effect relationships
Name a narrative intervention and explain it
Becky Shanks Narrative intervention
(Shanks 2011)
For expressive language
- Manual for teachers, therapists and assistants to teach children main components of a story
- stories have beginning middle and end
- important for child to know who is part of the story, where is the story taking place and when?
- Key stage 1 children & material used in small groups or whole classroom setting
- children encouraged to answer q about the story and encouraged to tell their own story
Picture cards provided to support learning
Evidence? Narrative intervention is successful & children with language difficulties improve their narrative skills.
PRAGMATIC LANGUAGE DISORDER
Trouble navigating social situations?
Does he hang back, or stand too close, or say too much, or the wrong things?
Pragmatic language involves the way we use language socially and practically to navigate our world.
We all go through a complex process of figuring out what to say in various social, school, or work situations
Pragmatic Lang involves three major communication skills
What are they?
Pragmatic language involves three major communication skills:
- Using language for different purposes, such as greeting, informing, demanding, promising, and requesting
- Changing language according to the needs of a listener or situation, such as speaking differently in a classroom than on a playground
- Following rules for conversations and storytelling, such as taking turns in a conversation, introducing topics, staying on topic, using verbal and nonverbal signals, standing a certain distance from someone else during a conversation, and using facial expressions and eye contact
Speech disorder vs expressive
Speech disorder differs from expressive language - it is not the same.
What is the difference between speech and expressive language
Speech is how we say sounds and words
- Articulation
- Voice
- Fluency
Expressive language is having problems sharing your thoughts ideas and feelings
When asking a child to complete a picture naming activity :
The child names the pictures to assess their vocabulary- CELF.
Tapping into their expressive language
We are finding out
Does the child have WFD?
Can the child name the picture?
What if they can’t name ?
We may assume expressive Language delay ?
Does picture naming test identify WFD?
Picture naming test will only identify WFD if we know the child is able to recognise the picture and know what the picture means!!
For example
In simple terms the expressions “word retrieval problem” or “word finding difficulty” imply that the person knows and understands the word, and has used it correctly before. However, they have difficulty retrieving such known words at times
If we want to assess speech is picture naming test a relative test to do?
Picture naming test is relevant ONLY if the child knows the name of the picture.
If the child does not know the name - we are assessing their vocabulary moreso than their speech.
If the child failed to name = not within vocabulary = vocabulary limitation!
To test speech it is important for these objects and actions to be within the child’s vocabulary
If a child has some comprehension of passive sentences why may they still struggle
Passive sentences such as the ball was throw by John is comprehensible and can be understood by pointing to the pictures
We are tapping into their auditory comprehensive- receptive?
By had I said the dog was bitten by the rabbit -that’s not plausible and therefore the child may guess and not understand
What is morphosyntactic
Both morphology and syntax!
