In this paper, I studied the use of dialect in professional workers of the Trbovlje Preschool. In the theoretical part, I first defined speech, language, the Slovenian language and social genres of the Slovenian language. I also detailed the Trbovlje local dialect. Special attention was paid to the field of language in preschool and the role of a preschool teacher in speech development. At the end of the theoretical part, I described the professional development of a preschool teacher and public speaking.
The aims of this paper were to determine whether and how often preschool teachers of the Trbovlje Preschool speak with children in their dialect and whether they pay attention to their professional development in the sense of public speaking skill development. The research showed that preschool teachers and assistant preschool teachers occasionally use the dialectal version of the Slovenian language. Preschool teachers use their dialect most frequently when trying to participate in children’s play and daily routine activities. On average, most preschool teachers neither agreed nor disagreed with the fact that they find public speaking difficult, while in the last three years most of the respondents did not participate in any activities where they could develop their public speaking skills. Preschool teachers believe that it is very important to set a good speaking example to children and have sufficient knowledge on the correct use of the Slovenian language.
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