The purpose of this essay is to describe how preschool teachers think about language stimulation and how they work with it when it comes to small children in preschool. My research questions were: What kind of methods do the preschool teachers use? And what kind of work procedure do they have? Is there any difference in the work procedure when it comes to daily routines and playtime? How do the preschool teachers describe their work procedure with language stimulation?To be able to reach my purpose and answer my questions, I decided to make a case study. I have made observations of the preschool teachers and how they work and I have made interviews. The material that I have used, beside observations and interviews, is literature that is about earlier research about this matter.The result of the study shows that the preschool teachers considers their work with language stimulation as part of everything they do. It’s not necessary to use and work with concrete methods or material because the children are so young. They think it really important to be active with language training and language stimulation all through the day and use all moments you have with the children, not just specific moments and specific times. It is the everyday conversations that they have with the children that strengthen the children’s ability to use their language and increases their awareness of language. These results is proven even in my observations.One conclusion in my study is that it is important to grasp every day and meet every childs’ initiative so that they feel important and will be more secure in themselves.Keywords: language stimulation, preschool, language development, preschool teachers.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:kau-6662 |
| Date | January 2010 |
| Creators | Fagerman, Emma |
| Publisher | Karlstads universitet, Estetisk-filosofiska fakulteten |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf, application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess, info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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