The language ability test for preschool children
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| Year of publication | 2024 |
| Type | Conference abstract |
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| Description | The reading preliteracy is a kind of preliminary stage of reading literacy and is understood as a set of gradually developing prerequisites for reading and writing before starting elementary school (Kropáčková et al., 2014). An important part of literacy development is the family and preschool education - kindergarten. This study is part of a dissertation which is focused on supporting the development of reader preliteracy in the families of preschool children and in kindergarten. In this contribution, I present the results of a pre-test and post-test which was focused on assessing language and speech skills. The aim of this research was to identify individual level of language skills of children and compare their score within at the beginning and at the end of school year. It was a standardized test of language skills (Seidlová, Málková & Smolík, 2014). The results brings positive findings. All children scored higher and their language skills have improved not only thanks to the natural development of the child, but also thanks to the focus of teaching and individualized support of the kindergarten to the children and their needs. |