Communication is the exchange of information between two parties. One significant part of this process is a person’s ability to formulate and understand language.
Language is comprised of 5 main areas which are explained as follows:
Morphology – how individual words are put together, word endings, prefixes
Syntax – the rules we use to put sentences together in an order that makes sense
Phonology – the rules and patterns that we use to put sounds together and recognize errors
Semantics – the use and understanding of language (word meanings, word relations)
Pragmatics – the way we use language for social exchanges
Deficits in one or more areas may or may not compromise a student’s ability to communicate with both their teachers and peers.