JOURNAL OF ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC
Vol. 8 No. 1 (2021): J-SHMIC: Journal of English for Academic

Early Language Development of a Child with Expressive Language Disorder: A Parents’ Narration

Dewi Rosmala (Universitas Siliwangi)
Arini Nurul Hidayati (Universitas Siliwangi)
Fuad Abdullah (Universitas Siliwangi)



Article Info

Publish Date
28 Feb 2021

Abstract

Mainstream children generally experience typical stages throughout the milestones of their language development, from crying, cooing, babbling, until mature speech. Nevertheless, children with special condition usually have difficulties in getting through each phase of the development, such as those having expressive language disorder. These children usually encounter problems in communicating their needs and ideas verbally or non-verbally. This study attempts to present a story of the first five-year journey of Zaid’s language development, a child with expressive language disorder. Through interview, observation, and documentation, the study informs that Zaid was a late talker and experience difficulties in structuring well-ordered sentences.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jshmic

Publisher

Subject

Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

Journal of English for Academic (J-SHMIC) is English Study Program Journal of Teacher Training and Education Faculty at Islamic University of Riau. It publishes manuscripts in printed and online versions within the fields of English Language Teaching and learning, Applied Linguistics, and ...