Language is an important tool for everyday living.
Acquiring language is a crucial part of growing up and an essential skill for learning to communicate with other people in an effective way. However, some children find learning language more difficult than other children of their age, and take much longer to learn basic skills such as speaking in sentences, or understanding simple conversations with other people. As young children become older and move towards adulthood, the challenges they face become more intense. Some children fail to master basic language skills in early childhood despite any obvious cause such as low general intellect, environmental deprivation, or hearing loss. Making sense of what other people say is a task that is potentially difficult on many different levels.