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Elklan. Speech and Language Support for 3-5s%u00a9 Elklan Training Limited 2023 136S77.1.0 INTRODUCTION%u2022 Refer back to the Communication Chain and explain that we are moving around the chain from understanding to talking. (Slide 186)%u2022 Although a distinction has been made between understanding and talking, in practice, usually both understanding and talking develop together.7.1.1 What%u2019s involved in expressing ourselves?%u2022 Explain that into the glass is poured all that we need to be able to do to express ourselves.%u2022 Having the ideas and thoughts in the first place - THOUGHTS%u2022 Finding the right words - SEMANTICS%u2022 Putting the words in a sentence - SYNTAX%u2022 Understanding how to communicate - the social rules involved - PRAGMATICS%u2022 Articulating the words correctly - SPEECH.7.1.2 The expressive language gap(Slide 187)%u2022 Draw learners%u2019 attention to the fact that the development of expressive language (talk) has a wide variation but we need to close the gap because the implications for children with poor language skills are serious for their academic, social, mental health and general wellbeing.