Languages, Literacy & Communication 

🧭 Overview

Languages, Literacy & Communication helps children develop the skills they need to understand others, express themselves clearly, and connect with the world around them.

This Area of Learning and Experience (AoLE) includes:

• speaking and listening

• reading and writing

• understanding and using language

• developing communication across English, Welsh and international languages

Children learn how language works, how meaning is created, and how communication changes depending on audience, purpose and context.

🌍 Why it matters

Strong communication skills help children:

• build relationships

• express needs and emotions

• understand the world around them

• become confident learners

This AoLE supports:

• confidence and self-esteem

• creativity and imagination

• critical thinking and reasoning

• emotional literacy and empathy

Language is central to learning — children use communication skills in every subject and throughout daily life.

🔑 Key messages

💬 Communication is a life skill

Children use speaking, listening, reading and writing every day.

📈 Progress develops over time

Communication skills grow through:

• conversation

• reading

• modelling

• practice

• meaningful experiences

🌍 Language connects people and cultures

Learning languages helps children understand:

• identity

• belonging

• diversity

• different perspectives

📚 Reading opens doors

Reading supports:

• vocabulary growth

• imagination

• understanding

• lifelong learning

✍️ Writing gives children a voice

Children learn to:

• share ideas

• communicate meaning

• express creativity

• influence and inform others

💡 Every child communicates differently

Communication may include:

• speech

• gesture

• visuals

• AAC

• signing

• digital communication

All forms of communication are valued.