Can students with Semantic Pragmatic Disorder be good at speaking?
Students with S.P.D have a different style of learning language, and tend to memorise rather than knowing individual words. They can learn whole chunks of adult phrases, and because they are unsure which are the important elements they tend to learn everything accurately including intonation and the accent of the speaker.
They can say much more than they understand, but they can speak in a flat or 'sing songy' voice when echoing other people's language.
Some students can present as egocentric as they only understand language from their own perspective.
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