Semantic cues refer to the meaning in language that assists in comprehending texts, including words, speech, signs, symbols, and other meaning-bearing forms. Semantic cues involve the learners' prior knowledge of language, text, and visual media, and their prior life experiences.

What is an example of a semantic cue?

A semantic cue may consist of one or more of the target's semantic features. For example, semantic cues for the target word “knife” might include its superordinate (“It's an eating utensil”), its function (“It's used to cut food”), its physical properties (“It's made of metal and sharp on one side”), and so on.

What is a semantic cue SLP?

Semantic cueing is a technique that allows the therapist/teacher to give a student additional clues to arrive at an answer. For example, you are doing a brainstorming activity to name as many words as possible that relate to Christmas. The children have named things like stocking, Santa, and candy canes.