Ages 9 and up. This book includes reproducible pictures and worksheets that can be used to promote both the understanding and the effective use of idioms when speaking in English. Over 200 idioms are included. The book is divided into two sections:   • Idiom Worksheets. Idiomatic expressions are presented within the context of a short story. Each story targets five idioms. The story can be read by the teacher or student. After presenting the short story, discuss the meaning of the idioms and give examples showing how they are used. The worksheet activities provide practice using idioms in sentences. Students are also asked to create stories using the idioms.   • Idiom Task Cards. This section includes reproducible task cards that can be incorporated into classroom game activities. A situation is described on each card and the child's task is to identify the appropriate idiom from those listed. Large, humorous illustrations are included for some of the idioms included in the stories. These pictures can be used to generate discussions about the meaning of these expressions. This books is used widely by classroom teachers, speech-language pathologists, and English as a second language teachers. The book is especially valuable for children with communication disorders and ESL students who have difficulty understanding common expressions.

Communicating with common expressions: Exploring the idioms of American English

Mattes, Larry J.

Reference

Academic Communication Associates

Ages 10 through 17. Students with language-learning disabilities often have difficulty using language appropriately in various social contexts. The pragmatic language activities in this book are designed to help students use language effectively when faced with difficult situations. Issues relating to the feelings of individuals with disabilities are presented in some of the activities to increase students' sensitivity to the needs of these individuals. Each of the 72 short stories in the second edition is presented on a reproducible worksheet.  The book is divided into two sections:  • Activities for Functional Communication Development. The activities in this section are designed to facilitate the development of effective strategies for social interaction. The lessons provide students with opportunities to practice using language to give explanations, to express disagreement, to show disappointment, and for various other purposes. Role-playing situations are included.  • Stories for Problem-Solving and Communication Practice. This section includes 72 short stories that may be read by the student or presented orally by the instructor. The questions that follow the stories require students to react to the situations described and to offer solutions. The stories provide meaningful contexts for the discussion of strategies for using language to solve problems that occur during everyday social interactions. Problem-solving topics are included related to issues such as dealing with social rejection, expressing disapproval, sharing criticism, and taking an appropriate course of action.  The activities should prove to be valuable in programs for students with communication disorders, learning disabilities, and/or poor social interaction skills

Knowing what to say!: Language activities to promote effective social interactions

Ages 4 through 8. The revised edition of this popular book includes new pictures, worksheets, games, and activities to teach the concepts most often used in classroom directions. Concepts emphasized include on/under, forward/backward, above/below, through/around, whole/half, together/separated, wide/narrow, same/different, more/less, inside/outside, top/bottom, near/far, in front/behind, and many others.  The worksheet activities can be administered by classroom teachers, speech-language pathologists, or by parents. The individual lessons include the following.  • Concept Contrast Pictures. The first page of each lesson includes a separate picture for each of the target concepts. The contrast on/under, for example, is represented in two pictures.  • Concept Identification Worksheets. Students are asked to point to the picture that matches a sentence read by the examiner.  • Listen and Draw Worksheets. Students are asked to respond to instructions such as, "Find the snake that is under the tree and color it red." Students are also asked to describe the pictures and/or to tell stories about them.  An Assessment Checklist, Informal Concept Assessment Probe, Reproducible Spatial Concept Picture Scenes, and other resources are also included in this practical, easy-to-use resource.  Classroom teachers, speech-language, pathologists, and special education teachers have used this book to build language skills. The activities are great for students with language disorders and special learning needs.

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Speech and Language Assessment for the Bilingual Handicapped

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

Academic Communications Assoc

The Sourcebook for Speech and Language Assessment is designed to provide speech-language pathologists and other special education professionals with a comprehensive collection of informal assessment resources that can be used to identify individuals with communication disorders and to plan individualized intervention programs. Criterion-referenced assessment tasks, observational record forms, skills checklists, and other materials are included. Use the assessment tools with children or adults to identify learning needs, plan intervention programs, and evaluate progress. The expanded second edition of this book includes a variety of improvements in the content and format of individual assessment resources. New resources have been added to make the book even more comprehensive. A new tool, for example, has been added to assess behaviors related to autism. A section has been added with specific guidelines and strategies for assessing language learning in instructional contexts. You will use the resources in this book on a daily basis to assess articulation/phonology, phonological awareness, language, voice, and fluency. You will have dozens of assessment measures to choose from so that you can individualize the assessment based on the specific problems observed. All of the record forms can be reproduced as often as necessary- no need to spend money on large packages of record forms.

Sourcebook for Speech and Language Assessment

Ages 4 through 9. Here is a collection of worksheets, games, and thinking activities that can be used to develop listening comprehension and oral communication skills as children respond to questions about stories, categorize words, follow directions, describe verbal relationships, sequence events, identify errors in reasoning, and more. The activities are suitable for use in programs for students with language disorders, learning disabilities, and in programs for English language learners. You can reproduce the activity worksheets, as often as necessary, for use with your students. The book is organized into four sections:  • Exercises for Listening and Thinking. The activities in this section require students to process auditory information as they answer questions, identify relationships between concepts, identify errors within statements, make references, identify rhyming words, explain absurdities, use contextual information, and perform other language tasks.  • Picture Worksheet Activities. Students are asked to identify pictures on the worksheets from descriptions and to follow oral directions for completing the worksheets.  • Sequencing Stories. After listening to short stories, students are asked to respond to questions, to complete sentences related to the story content, to sequence story pictures, and to retell the stories.

Language Exercises for Auditory Processing: Intermediate Level

Ages 9 through 16. This pragmatic language problem solving activity book challenges students to describe how they would react in various types of social situations in which specific problems are encountered. In addition to considering topics related to children's social interactions, problem-solving activities relating to protecting the environment, cultural differences, rights of individuals with disabilities, etc. are included. As students participate in the activities, they learn strategies for solving problems and learn to respect differences in how others might react in similar situations. The book is divided into three sections: Strategies for Effective Problem-Solving. The activities in this section are designed to increase students' awareness of the many situational variables that influence communication. Students learn the importance of being flexible in their use of language so that they can achieve personal goals in a variety of situations. Problem-Solving Topic Worksheets. Each of the activities in this section focuses on a specific problem-solving topic. Students are asked to respond to questions relating to problems presented in short stories. The stories can be used to stimulate discussions about students' experiences in similar situations. Open Forum. Students are asked to pretend that they are attending an open forum with the mayor of their city. Each worksheet in this section focuses on an issue introduced by a student during the open forum. Crime, the environment, and other issues are included. The worksheets and language activities have direct relevance to the everyday life experiences of students. By providing students with feedback and suggestions, they will acquire new ways of responding when confronted with difficult situations.

Verbal Problem Solving in Social Situations

Business & Money

Management & Leadership

Here is a collection of auditory processing activities designed specifically for preschool and kindergarten (Ages 3 through 5). The importance of working with parents and family members is emphasized. Skills emphasized include listening for words, following directions, listening for specific purposes, making simple comparisons, identifying similarities and differences, categorizing, associating concepts, and answering questions about stories. 
The book is divided into five sections: • Auditory Processing Workout. The activities in this section require the student to process auditory information as they follow instructions, answer questions, make comparisons, identify errors within statements, make inferences, use contextual information, and perform various other language tasks. • Look and Listen. Each lesson includes two pictures in which a vocabulary contrast is represented. The child is asked to listen to sentences and to point to the appropriate picture. The child is then asked to respond verbally to questions relating to the nouns and actions depicted in the pictures. • Story Fun. Short stories are presented orally and students are asked to respond to comprehension questions relating to the story content. •Animal Adventure Worksheets. Tasks are included in which children identify words from descriptions, listen for specific information, answer questions, "fix" sentences that contain incorrect information, and tell stories. • Fun with Moods and Feelings. Students listen to sentences and stories in which happy and sad feelings are expressed. Then they identify the feelings expressed and fix statements that contain incorrect information about the story content. The activities are excellent for children with communication disorders, attention deficits, or listening comprehension problems.

Language Exercises for Auditory Processing: Primary Level

Here are language activities that can be used to build expressive language. Skills emphasized include using present and past tense verbs, asking questions, using prepositions, using descriptive words, describing events, telling stories, defining words, and more. Sample Activities Part 1 - Exercises for Vocabulary and Sentence Production -Verb Repair -Think Up a Verb -Verb Absurdities -On, In, Under, or Behind? -Preposition Absurdities -Pick a Pronoun -Describe and Ask -What was the Question? -Combine the Sentences -Build a Sentence -Defining Words in Sentences -Say It Another Way -Defining Homonyms Used in Sentences -Words and Their Opposites Part 2 - Describe and Compare This section includes language building activities that require students to give descriptive information and to make comparisons. Part 3 - Expressive Language Use -Describing Personal Experiences -Explain How -Explaining Choices -Evaluating Statements and Actions -Expressing and Supporting Opinions -Using the Imagination -Convincing Others -Finish the Story

Book of activities and games for expressive language

Academic Communication Associates, Inc.

Here is a collection of practical resources that you will use daily when working with children or adults with communication disorders- autism, apraxia, stuttering, and more. Includes suggestions for integrating language development activities into the reading curriculum, strategies for working with bilingual/multicultural populations, information about African American English, communication differences, etc.  Contents Part 1 - Vocabulary This section includes lists of common word categories, nouns organized by category, descriptive words, basic concepts, adverbs, conjunctions, curriculum vocabulary, synonyms, antonyms, compound words, homophones, homographs, and MORE!  Part 2 - Everyday Phrases and Idiomatic Expressions This section offers lists of similes, common idiomatic expressions, idiom categories, and phrasal verbs. Part 3 - Language Structure This section includes lists of prefixes and suffixes, past tense verbs, contractions, and regular and irregular plurals.  Part 4 - Sound Awareness and Production This section includes developmental norms for phonemes and phonological processes, observational record forms, word lists, lists of consonant contrasts, phonograms, difficult to pronounce words, and other practical tools.  Part 5 - Language and the CurriculumThis section includes lists related to literacy, working with bilingual children, building functional communication skills, and MORE.  Part 6 - Working with Culturally Diverse Student Populations This section includes practical resources for distinguishing language differences from disorders and working with culturally and linguistically diverse students.

The speech-language pathologist's intervention resource: A collection of practical lists, forms, and instructional aids

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