SE 350 Language Development

Possible Symptoms of Learning Disability

Language Impact on Oral Language Impact on Literacy Development

System Development
difficulty in spelling, mispronunciation,
lack of ability to use word and context
Phonology
stress

Can't think of the word while writing,

underdeveloped lexical systems, the lack
Semantics
of ability to understand nonliteral or
abstract meaning of the words while
reading, difficulty understanding humor
difficulty with morphemes, plurals,
regular and irregular past tense of verbs
Morphology

More grammatical errors in writing,

problems with comprehension of
Syntax
syntactically complex sentences,
difficulty with morphemes, plurals,
regular and irregular past tense of verbs
difficulty making inferences from
discourse, difficulty in understanding
Discourse
main points, shallow descriptions in a
written form
topic management - staying in the topic,
difficulty  in explaining something in a
Pragmatics
different or clearer way, confusing
explanation of ideas in a written form,
lack of ability to understand metaphors,
irony and sarcasm while reading
 difficulty in spelling, lack of ability to
use word and context stress
Orthograph
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