COMMON LANGUAGE RELATED

DIFFICULTIES OF SCHOOL LEARNERS,

INTERVENTION STRATEGIES AND ITS
APPLICABILITY
IN THE PHILIPPINE SETTINGS

AMOR A. DOLORES
Multigrade Teacher
Batag Elementary School
Virac South District
Check (/) the appropriate column for yes/no for the presence or absence of the
following difficulties you have observed in your class for the past few years.

DIFFICULTIES YES NO
Very short attention span
Speech delay (e.g. stammering)
Poor letter sound recognition
Poor word recognition
Cannot follow a simple direction
Repetition of word/s when reading
Manifests stage fright
Shyness in oral participation/recitation
Partially deaf
Avoids answering when ask by the teacher
Difficulty in imitating sounds
 CAUSE/LEAD
TO LANGUAGE
DIFFICULTIES
•Genetic Factors
•Neurological Factors

•Environmental Factors

•Learner Factors

•Impairments
Common language-related
difficulties are classified
into four (4) distinct but
interrelated areas:
Oral Expression.
Listening Comprehension.
Reading and Reading Comprehension.
Spelling and Written Expression.
INTERVENTION STRATEGIES FOR
COMMON LANGUAGE-RELATED DIFFICULTIES

Behavioral Language Assessment

and Intervention Foci
Cooperation with adults
Requests (mands)
Motor imitation
Vocal play
Vocal imitation
Matching to sample
Receptive
Labeling (tacting)
Receptive by function, feature and
class
Conversational skills
Letters and numbers
 Intervention Reminders
Identify the most appropriate starting point for intervention.
Review each skill in relation to the entire set of skills observed in
the informal assessment.
Establish rapport with the child.
Know his interests and favorites.
Choose activities that are fun and meaningful to the child.
Begin training with real objects and use pictures for generalizing
and expanding labeling skills.
Use visual prompts.
Reinforce immediately.
An incorrect response should be followed by a correction
procedure.
Create a language-based environment.
 REMEMBER THE LEARNER:
OF INTERVENTION STRATEGIES IN THE
PHILIPPINE SETTING

Learner

Reinforcement
Environment

Experiential Learning

Resources Activity

Novelty
•Learner – Each child is unique
•Environment - Making the lessons “close to home” is one
way of sustaining children’s attention and motivating them
to perform in class.
•Activities – Activities answer the question, “How do I teach
these skills?”
•Resources – Having a tonful of resources does not
necessarily ensure theteacher that she can use all of them in
any lesson she wants.
•Novelty…originality, freshness or newness. Children look
forward to new ideas, methods and materials all the time.
•Experiential learning - A lesson does not end at being
presented/taught. Mastery/Generalization of a skill should be
the ultimate goal.
•Reinforcement – Provide feedback and correct mistakes
tactfully.
Choose one of the language difficulties you have identified in your
class before, then make an intervention which you think is best
suited for the language difficulty you have chosen.

LANGUAGE INTERVENTION
DIFFICULTY
Thank you very
much…