A person's skill of using language to convey messages (thoughts, wants, needs)...

WHAT?

Speech / Writing

- Along with spoken words, we also use facial expression, body gestures, inflection (tone of voice), volume of the voice, eye contact, eye gaze or eye shifting to increase the effectiveness of our speech.

WHEN?

Expressive language happens when the child decides to communicate with other people in his/ her environment by producing verbal or written symbols.

WHERE?

Expressive language occurs when the child inputs language and can show how well he/she comprehends.

Input Receptive language: The decoding process	Integration Inner language: The cognitive process	Output Expressive language: The encoding process

HOW?

The child will encode or transform thoughts and ideas into verbal or written symbols.

WHY?

A child needs to independently monitor his/her own communication within an environment in order to have others understand him/her.