Oral Language
Our Research About: Oral Language
Oral language disorders refer to difficulties in the production and/or comprehension of spoken language. A person might have difficulties with a range of areas of their language, such as vocabulary, grammar, and pragmatics. Language difficulties are highly individual, and can have an impact on how well someone communicates in their daily life.
At Language and Literacy in Young People, we are interested in the language difficulties of children and young people. Most of our language work has focused on developmental difficulties including:
Developmental Language Disorder
Language Disorder Associated with another neurodevelopmental condition (such as Autism or Hearing Loss)
Language difficulties are likely to be persistent across the lifespan and have significant impacts on a child or young person’s daily life, which is why early identification and support is vital.
Some of our research into Oral Language Disorders includes:
Developing and evaluating intervention for grammar skills in children with developmental language disorder.
Profiling the oral language skills of adolescents disengaged from mainstream education.
Evaluating an intervention for students who have challenges with reading comprehension.
Exploring the oral and written narrative skills of adolescents in youth detention.
Developing an assessment and intervention program for narrative comprehension.