Case Study: Language Disorders and Speech Disorders

Supporting Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CLD) Students with Neuromotor Problems

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Abstract

Kuder’s article first describes the differences between speech, language and communication

so that it can be understood properly to identify its characteristics and to study it in reference

to language disorders. It describes the necessary components of communication to find out

the problems in a speech disorder patient. He moves further to present a case study of a nine

year old student named Kevin who is good in maths but faces difficulty in words. He tries to

write short sentences and produces poorly organized sentences. His teacher Mrs. Ross notices

this and feels like helping him but she fails to understand the nature of his problem. Kevin

lags behind when he goes to play with his other school friends and it is likely that he would

fall in difficulty in pursuing his academic and social life if nothing is done to take care of his

problem. According to Kuder, speech is defined as the neuromuscular act of producing

sounds which is used in language but not all sounds are necessarily speech sounds in a

language. He differentiates speech and language by making his point clear in terms of

meaning. If the speech sound is meaningless, it is not language whereas, language is always

carried with meaning and understanding. We can have a language without speech for

example, sign language for deaf people. But what is common in both the languages is the

purpose, the purpose of communicating with others; the purpose of conveying our ideas,

thoughts and meaning. So communication is the underlying purpose of any language.