- Difficulty understanding instructions and information
- Limited vocabulary or difficulties finding words
- Difficulty understanding puns, idioms, jokes, sarcasm and slang
- Difficulty thinking flexibly
- Difficulty remembering what has been said
- Difficulty paying attention in class
- Difficulty making friends and maintaining friendships
- Difficulty understanding and managing emotions
- Difficulty telling narratives (e.g. saying what they did during the day)
- Difficulties knowing which style of language to use – for example, they may be too casual with teachers or more formal with his classmates
- Language difficulties may also impact on behavioural difficulties such asmisbehaving in class, low self-esteem, anxiety .
- Young people with language difficulties may have more strengths in practical subjects such as P.E, Design & Technology and Art.
- Young people with language difficulties usually learn and understand better through visual and/or practical methods, rather than verbal methods. For example, they may understand a story better if they watched it being acted out, rather listening to it being or reading it.
Language difficulties that may be seen at this age
