Intervention Strategies in Language Development at Preschool Age

Abstract

The article presents some focus-group results regarding the efficiency of practices in the language development at the preschool age, in order to discover the most advantageous strategies for valorizing them. The language is an essential tool of children's development which provides learning opportunities for communication and interpersonal relationships. In an attempt to describe how teachers usually intervene, the structured discussion has shown the following: the most common difficulties of children in language-centered activity, the specialized support that experts can offer in such situations, the impact of verbal behavior on the socialization in kindergarten, the treatment way of these errors by appropriate teaching methods. The game is highlighted as the most effective method of reducing vulnerable verbal behaviors in its variant as an active group method. The technology integration in language development is a popular trend in the education and language therapy. As it emerges from the discussion, teachers need more resources in addressing speech difficulties, referring in particular to digital resources. Interactive platforms such as TIMLOGORO would be extremely useful tools in the specialist intervention with which the teachers collaborate.