Can someone please explain what specific language impairment is please ? thankyou

Here's some info: It's a likely genetically transmitted difficulty in language development in the face of null findings of any causes - no organic deficits and no other developmental disorders like the autism spectrum, etc. It affects 7-8% of Kindergarten age and persists into adulthood. http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/voice/Pages/specific-language-impairment.aspx This may help explain. Best wishes.

SLI is a term used : by schools for kids who have Language Disorder, persistent delays in acquiring & using language, in the absence of deafness, Autistic Spectrum Disorder &/or Intellectual Disability. Early delays in comprehension &/or production of vocabulary, grammar, syntax, phonology, & discourse - but not speech- still present at age 4 confer a 40-75% risk of dyslexia & tend to persist into adulthood.