Explain Slc Needs
EYMP 5.1
A child’s development and their use of speech, language and communication are crucial in their current and future learning’s. In these early stages allot of their teaching is delivered verbally. Good communication skills enable children to make friends, participate in group activities and develop advanced thinking skills. Building solid foundations at this stage is key as the inability to master speech, language and communication often results in children developing literacy and numeracy difficulties later on in their infant and preschool life.
Children’s later achievements are dependent on their ability to communicate effectively. That’s why it is vitally that all caregivers and parents make every effort to help all children to become confident and skilful communicators.
Speech
The dictionary describes speech as; the expression of or the ability to express thoughts and feelings by articulate sounds; a person 's style of speaking.
Speech refers to the sound system of a language as well as how sounds are made in the mouth to form spoken words. All languages have different sound systems, the English language alone has 40 different sounds or phonemes that a child will need to familiarize themselves with.
Speech refers to: • Saying sounds accurately and in the right places in words • The sounds people use to communicate words • Speaking fluently, without hesitating, or prolonging or repeating words or sounds • Speaking with expression with a clear voice, using pitch, volume and intonation to support meaning.
Language
The dictionary describes language as; the method of human communication, either spoken or written, consisting of the use of words in a structured and conventional way; any nonverbal method of expressional or communication “a language of gesture and facial expression”
Language refers to speaking and understanding language; using words to build up sentences, sentences to build up conversations and longer
A child’s development and their use of speech, language and communication are crucial in their current and future learning’s. In these early stages allot of their teaching is delivered verbally. Good communication skills enable children to make friends, participate in group activities and develop advanced thinking skills. Building solid foundations at this stage is key as the inability to master speech, language and communication often results in children developing literacy and numeracy difficulties later on in their infant and preschool life.
Children’s later achievements are dependent on their ability to communicate effectively. That’s why it is vitally that all caregivers and parents make every effort to help all children to become confident and skilful communicators.
Speech
The dictionary describes speech as; the expression of or the ability to express thoughts and feelings by articulate sounds; a person 's style of speaking.
Speech refers to the sound system of a language as well as how sounds are made in the mouth to form spoken words. All languages have different sound systems, the English language alone has 40 different sounds or phonemes that a child will need to familiarize themselves with.
Speech refers to: • Saying sounds accurately and in the right places in words • The sounds people use to communicate words • Speaking fluently, without hesitating, or prolonging or repeating words or sounds • Speaking with expression with a clear voice, using pitch, volume and intonation to support meaning.
Language
The dictionary describes language as; the method of human communication, either spoken or written, consisting of the use of words in a structured and conventional way; any nonverbal method of expressional or communication “a language of gesture and facial expression”
Language refers to speaking and understanding language; using words to build up sentences, sentences to build up conversations and longer
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