In my diploma, I researched the role of language competencies of pre-school teachers in the speech and language development of a child. In the theoretical part, I defined speech, language, and speech and language development. I also defined the factors that influence speech and language development and described the role of kindergarten in more detail. Here I have highlighted the global goals of language activity in kindergarten and with which activities the pre-school teachers can promote the speech and language development of children. The pre-school teachers must have certain competencies for their work, including transversal competencies and relevant language competencies. The diploma work aimed to investigate the extent to which pre-school teachers are aware of the importance of their language competencies in children's speech and language development and how they provide children with the most stimulating environment possible. In the empirical part, I researched this with a questionnaire containing 22 statements on scale of Likert-type attitudes and thus gained insight into the attitudes of pre-school teachers and assistants of pre-school teacher towards language competencies and their role in the child's speech and language development. The survey questionnaire was completed in full by 68 respondents, of which 63% were pre-school teachers and 37% were assistants of pre-school teacher. With the questionnaire, I wanted to find out if pre-school teachers and assistants of pre-school teacher are aware of the importance of their language competencies and if there are differences in attitudes according to age, what importance pre-school teachers attach to the choral dictum and language adequacy of pedagogical preparations and notices for parents and what attention they pay to the playroom. which promotes speech and language development. Research has shown that the interviewed pre-school teachers and assistants of pre-school teacher are aware of the importance of their language competencies and their role in the speech and language development of the child, which does not change with age. Collective sayings give more importance in communication with parents than in communication with children, but they still pay attention to language appropriateness both in pedagogical preparations and in notifications for parents. They also pay a lot of attention to the arrangement of the playroom.
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