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EDU 3201 The Language Deficient Learner. Dr. Ghazali Mustapha Faculty of Educational Studies Universiti Putra Malaysia gm@educ.upm.edu.my Mobile: 019-6508340 Off: 03-89468180. The impairment or deviant development of comprehension and/or use of a system, written, and often symbol system.
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EDU 3201 The Language Deficient Learner Dr. Ghazali Mustapha Faculty of Educational Studies Universiti Putra Malaysia gm@educ.upm.edu.my Mobile: 019-6508340 Off: 03-89468180
The impairment or deviant development of comprehension and/or use of a system, written, and often symbol system. 3 types of disorder Form of lg. (phonological, morphological, syntactic systems. The Content of Lg. (semantic system) The function of language in communication (pragmatic system) {ASLHA (1982a)} Language deficient/disorders:Defined
Lg. Delay – slow development of language acquisition Lg. Deviance – lg. Development does not happen at expected stage. LD is also “the inability of an individual to understand or use language system of a society. It may range fr. A minor developmental delay in acquiring a lg. or a complete absence of one’s ability to use lg. To communicate (ASLHA, 1982a).LD can be categorized as:
Specific LD – such as; reduced vocab. restricted sentence length omission of morphological markers e.g. plural and term markers, limited use of modifies, articles, prepositions. limited ability to give/receive information General LD – ass. with characteristics that impede or interfere with lg. Acq. and use. Examples; attention to tasks, c/r instructions memory span Organization skills evaluative skills LD – Global natureDefns. of LD must assume that lg. & communication are a synergistic system as they’re parts of the process. LD are categorised as: Lg. Impaired students – unable to follow a Command due to failure to understand The words or combination of words. Students with limited memory- understand words and single series of words in a command BUT have difficulty in retention.
1. Referral of students Surface form criteria –decision is based on Aspects of grammatical system eg. Correct tenses, use of nouns, posessives etc. Pragmatic criteria Based on ability to use lg. to give or receive information. (pg. 9 Module) Process of identification ofthe Lg. Impaired Students
2. Assessment – done by lg. pathologist to determine eligibility: in accordance with Lg. Goals and objectives An analysis of a spontaneous lg. Samples Tr. Assists pathologists. Interpret tests 3. Placement – recommended by assessment team 4. Implementation Parent Class teacher Speech lg. Pathologist Other professionals