Tecken som alternativ och kompletterande stöd : En studie om hur förskollärare använder TAKK

Sammanfattning: The aim of this study is to find out the view preschool teachers have on sign language asalternative and complementary communication (in swedish TAKK stands for tecken somalternativ och kompletterande kommunikation) and how they use it in preschool activities. Tofind this out, we have conducted an inquiry survey and interviewed seven preschool teachers.Based on the material we gathered we will present in four sub-headings that indicate not onlyhow preschool teachers use sign language as alternative and complementary communication in preschool activities but also their thoughts and experience of it. We have used the socio-cultural perspective and Vygotskij, Dewey and Piaget as our theoretical starting points. The results of the study show that sign language as alternative and complementarycommunication is a complement to the verbal language and that children learn in socialinteractions. Furthermore, it facilitates when there are more users and also that they remind each other.