Are there any difficulties in his speaking?

Yes

Sometimes

• follows verbal instructions:

• individual level

• team level

• follows the class schedule

• needs clarification or repetition of instructions

• uses appropriate listening and attention skills

• understands information given orally in class

• answers the questions appropriately

• easily disrupted by background noise & sounds

• maintains new information

• recalls older information

• Understands sentences of simple syntactic structure

• Understands sentences of complex syntactic structure

• passive voice

• referential sentences

• referential pronouns

Yes

Sometimes

• can predict a certain outcome

• can come to a conclusion

• recognises the different use of words depending on the context

• recognises the importance of synonyms & opposites

• recognises multiple meanings of a word

• understands the metaphorical discourse

• differentiates homophones

• understands temporal (before, after), spatial (up, down) & quantitative concepts (many, enough).

Yes

Sometimes

• expresses his ideas effectively

• uses grammar and syntactic structures appropriate to his/her age

• asks himself questions like who, where, when

• when telling a story or expressing ideas, his speech is characterised by a mental sequence

• uses age-appropriate vocabulary

• his speech is characterised by an appropriate volume of voice and correct rhythm of speech

• has articulation difficulties

Yes

Sometimes

• participates in discussions

• maintains a constructive dialogue with an adult or peer

• initiates, maintains and closes the conversation appropriately

• makes comments on the topic of discussion

• understands humour, idioms & figurative language in general

• maintains good eye contact & follows his/her conversational partner

• asks for clarification when they do not understand

• checks what the other person has understood & rephrases his/her sentence when it is not understood

Yes

Sometimes

• participates in discussions

• understands the cues of rhyme

• orally produces rhyming words

• detects initial consonant sounds in words, orally

• detects final consonant sounds in words, orally

• detects middle sounds in words, orally

• synthesises phonemes to create words, orally

• analyses words into their phonemes, orally

• can generally manage phonemes in words (removing, adding, replacing phonemes), orally