Developing Speech and Language Skills - Noel's ESL eBook Library

Indexphonological system 18, 24–9pronunciation (helping child to change)71–3psycholinguistic approach to auditorydiscrimination 71reading 19, 32, 51, 52, 63, 64reduplication 40referral to SLT 2, 5repair strategies (teaching child) 58, 59,60, CD 6, 7rhotic accent CD 47–8‘s’ cluster reduction 141–50definition 40, 141, 142, 158development of ‘s’ clusters 40, 44, 141generalisation activities CD 56–7listening and discrimination activities143–9pairs and sets of words CD 39–42self-listening/monitoring (child) 152special educational needs (SEN) 20speech development 6, 37–45speech impairment 14–20causes 5definition 158emotional/behavioural problems 14examples 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 46, 48, 49speech and language therapist (SLT) 2, 3,4advice needed from 19, 47, 48, 49, 50,71, 73, 74, 154speech perception 30–6development 33–6spelling 19, 51, 52, 63, 64stopping of affricates (see deaffrication)stopping of fricatives 77–90definition 42, 77, 158development of fricatives 42, 44, 77generalisation activities CD 21–30listening and discrimination activities78–93pairs and sets of words CD 43–6stops (plosives) 23, 26, 158strategies to help child with speechimpairment in the class 50–64, CD1–10activities to use in class with minimalpreparation CD 8–10adapting classroom 60, 61barrier games 59, 60confidence building 56home–school diary 55, 56, CD 2, 3, 4important vocabulary list 54, 55listening and speaking rules 61managing whole class 61repair strategies (teaching child) 58, 59,60, CD 6, 7responding to misunderstanding 57, 58,CD 5, 6structuring communication exchanges62, 63teasing (dealing with) 61target sound (definition) 75, 158teasing (dealing with) 61typical development of speech 37–45velar (see also fronting of velars) 27, 95,159voiced/voiceless sounds 22, 23, 27, 159voicing (see also context sensitive voicing)27, 159vowel sets (sets of words organised byvowel) CD 58–62vowels 23weak syllable deletion (WSD) 40, 159167