LE DEVELOPPEMENT DU LANGAGE AU NIVEAU PRESCOLAIRE – UNE FAÇON DE DECOUVRIR LE MONDE / L’ENVIRONNEMENT
LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT AT PRESCHOOL LEVEL – A WAY TO DISCOVER THE WORLD / ENVIRONMENT

Summary/Abstract: Language, communication and literacy are essential conditions for the global development of the individual and for human coexistence in society. The acquisition of language as well as the reading and writing skills, is a complex process during which the children understand the meaning of the words, the way they are used to convey meaning and how humans can use written materials. By acquiring language, the children are able to express ideas, share them with others and find ways to respond to the ideas and actions of the other dialogue participants. By learning the language, the child acquires, in fact, a verbal, nonverbal and paraverbal symbolic system that he will develop and optimize throughout his whole life. The ability to communicate effectively, through oral or written language, is essential for carrying out all daily activities. Language, through the use of symbols that represent concepts, plays a fundamental role in the development of knowledge, thinking, logic and reasoning skills. Language is not used by children only to transmit the ideas, thoughts, emotions to the others, but also to receive, to understand meanings and to decode what the partners in the act of communication convey to them. Language development takes place in specific social and cultural contexts that decisively influence the child. The first social context in which the child comes into contact with the language is the family. As the child grows, social contexts become more and more complex and diverse. The act of communication gradually becomes more complex, depending on the child's exposure to language, written materials and relationships. This paper aims at highlighting the standards that young children (from 1 to 3 years old) should achieve, in turn, in order to form their verbal, nonverbal and paraverbal communication skills, in order to understand and be understood by the people around them, so that they could succeed, in decrypting the mysteries of the kaleidoscope of the world, in which they begin they begin their first "linguistic" itinerary.

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