Språkutveckling i förskolan : -en intervjustudie om pedagogers arbete med språkutveckling för barn

Sammanfattning: Abstract In my work on language development in preschool the purpose was to examine how and to what extent the pre-school supports children with special needs in their language development. Trough qualitative interviews with four preschool teachers, I wanted to see how they work with language development in preschool. In the study, Main questions asked in the inquiry : How do teachers and support children’s language development? What techniques, resources and tools available to facilitate language development?   The conclusion that I made from my inquiry is that the primary language stimulation methods teachers use to encourage children’s language development are rhymes telling, books reading and song singing based on active selection of pieces that match the children’s maturity level. And how they are using different language stimulation techniques Karlstad model, TAKK (Signs of augmentative and alternative communication) and TRAS (Early registration of language development) to promote children’s language development.   Keyword: Language development, language stimulation, treatment, communication, methods.