Development of pragmatic skills among 3-4 years old preschooler children in rural region of Gurugram District of Haryana: An Exploratory study

Meghavi Sarin; Vijay Kumar; Riya Raj; Grace Mariam Mathew

doi:10.61251/ijoep.v2i2.181

Authors

Meghavi Sarin Audiology and Speech Language Pathology Department, Amity Medical School, Amity University Haryana, Gurugram, India
Vijay Kumar Audiology and Speech Language Pathology Department, Amity Medical School, Amity University Haryana, Gurugram, India
Riya Raj Audiology and Speech Language Pathology Department, Amity Medical School, Amity University Haryana, Gurugram, India
Grace Mariam Mathew Audiology and Speech Language Pathology Department, Amity Medical School, Amity University Haryana, Gurugram, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.61251/ijoep.v2i2.181

Keywords:

language development, pragmatic skills, preschooler children

Abstract

This study investigates on the pragmatic skills development in preschoolers of rural region. A total of 67 participants were the preschoolers of rural region school. Based on the school records, children of nursery grade level in the age groups of 3 to 4 years were considered. Pragmatic parameters using PPT assessment tools check for speech acts, presuppositions, conversational interactions, and non-verbal signals. The results have shown component wise responses on pragmatic profile test: communication functions, response to communication, interaction and conversations, and contextual variations. Children with in naturalistic contexts learn more accurate representations of their pragmatic abilities. Future research should explore these dynamics of pragmatic development, considering the influence of environment and familiarity on children's social communication skills. Teacher in schools also tries to provides more language advancing input and are usually more supportive to language learning for like preschool children.

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This is noteworthy that the significant supporting help have been received from Aravali Hills Public School, Manesar, Haryana in data sources and information collection for carrying out this study and for preparing the manuscript. Special thanks to Mr. Vishwadeep and Mr Ravi Patel in ASLP Department for showing interests & concerns in the study and, for motivating to write this study.

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