| A | B |
| Communication | Exchange of ideas |
| Language | Verbal means by which human beings communicate |
| Pragmatics | Lang component; how to use lang app in social context |
| Speech | physical action of orally producing words |
| Phoneme | smallest unit of speech sound |
| Number of phonemes | 44 |
| Syntax | rules that govern how words combine to form sentences |
| Language development usually happens | first 3 years of life |
| Language disorder | delay in understanding others or using app language to listener |
| Form of communication | person's behavior |
| Phonological disorder | problems understanding the sound system |
| Fluency disorders | interruptions in the flow of speaking |
| Voice disorder | affects the pitch, loudness or quality of the voice |
| Dialect | set of speech characteristics shared by region or culture |
| Not a communication disorder | Dialect |
| Prevalence of special ed services | second-largest group |
| Phonological awareness | ability to recognize and analyze the sounds contained in words |
| Critical to emerging literacy | Phonological awareness |
| Ability to comprehend language as well as use it in different contexts | Communicative competence |
| Provides a picture of the student's current level of communication | Language sample |
| Pull out model | Criticized for isolating students from the classroom |
| Students with comm disorders usually stay | general education classroom and "pulled out" |
| Alternative communication | ways that are used to send a message from one person to another |
| Gestures, sign language, Morse code, language boards | Alternative communication |