Beteende, det är kommunikation det!
Language acquisitionBehaviourCommunicationLanguage preschoolSpråkutvecklingBeteendeKommunikationSpråkförskola
When being in preschool, I have come across children who I have had difficulties to really meet, and I have felt that the communication between me and the child has been deficient. Since I believe that the meeting of child and pedagogue is essential to learning and development, I find this an important subject of further study.The purpose of my study is to investigate if, and how, teachers regard a possible connection between language capability and behaviour. Furthermore I investigate how they work with language acquisition and communication, and what argument the pedagogues have for this work.To answer these questions I have interviewed two pedagogues who have great knowledge and experience of this subject, and also have special interest in children?s language and communication.In my literary review I give an account of how language acquisition is described in literature, and then compare it with how language impairment reveals. I also describe earlier research on how to work with language development, and what the national curriculum for preschools (Lpfö 98) say on this topic.The result shows that my informants divide in their view of how to connect language capability to behaviour. As to the rest they mostly agree. They both find that the teacher?s attitude towards child behaviour is of utmost importance. Both focus on the functional aspects of language and communication, and state that language must work in the context where the child lives. The arguments for working with language and communication that my informants use are connected to learning and development. The importances of language for handling conflicts and develop identity are emphasized. All these arguments are supported by the national curriculum for preschools (Lpfö 98).