LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
key IDEAS Receptive Language The ability to understand or comprehend language. What to Look For: • Responds to language during conversations, songs, stories, . or other learning experiences. • Follows one- and two-step directions. • Comprehends increasingly complex and varied vocabulary. • Comprehends different forms of language, such as questions or exclamations.
Expressive Language The ability to use one or more languages to communicate. What to Look For: • Engages in communication and conversation with peers and adults. • Uses increasingly complex and varied vocabulary to express ideas . and needs. • Uses different forms of language such as questions, comments, . or explanations. • Asks and answers questions in order to seek help, get information, . or clarify something that is not understood. • With guidance and support, uses the conventions of Standard English grammar when speaking. • Engages in storytelling by asking and answering questions about . key details and requesting clarification. • Identifies and applies meanings for familiar words. • Identifies real-life connections between words and their use. * See Appendix C
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Wyoming Early Learning Foundations for Children Ages 3-5