What Are the Five Aspects of Language? Why are these important to my child’s language development?

Phonological Knowledge:

Phonemic knowledge  is the knowledge of sound- symbol relations and sound patterns represented in language. Distinct speech sounds in language.

Learning phonics will aid your child as they learn to read and write.  Knowing the sounds letters make as well as the sound letter combinations make will help your child as they decode words.

Semantic Knowledge:

Semantic Knowledge is the aspect of language that involves word meaning and word labels. This is important as it widens your child’s vocabulary.

Syntactic Knowledge:

Knowledge of how words can be combined to create meaningful sentences. Syntactic Knowledge is important as students begin learning more complex grammar rules.

Morphemic Knowledge:

Morphemic Knowledge is the knowledge of word structure. Linguistic units that are combined to create words. This is important to give words new meanings and make sure words are used grammatically correct.

Pragmatic Knowledge:

Pragmatic Knowledge is understanding language is used differently in different situations. It is important as children learn conversational rules, how to be polite, and social register.