Conflict resolution

Group activities (teamwork)

Decision making (reasoning)

Code switching (shifting from one language or dialect to another depending on the context)

Self-regulation (monitoring one's behavior and emotional state)

Theory of mind 

• Understanding of what others may be thinking (intentions) or feeling (desires) and realizing that these mental states may be different from our own

• Adapting behavior and language based on current mental states of others

• Forming connections based on shared emotional states 

Executive function (regulating and coordinating behaviors including organization, planning, prioritizing, attention, self-monitoring) 

Joint attention (shared attention)

Inferencing (drawing conclusions using reasoning)

• Presupposition 

Communication intentions and functions (requests, comments, demands, promises)

Prosody (rhythm and intonation of speech) 

Discourse (style of language [narration, conversation, expository], topic maintenance, turn-taking)

Nonverbal communication (body language, gestures, facial expressions, gaze shifts)

expression and comprehension of spoken and/or written language 

Morphology (word structure)

Syntax (sentence structure)

Semantics (meaning of words [vocabulary])

Phonological skills (knowledge and understanding of speech sounds applied to spelling and reading)