Abstract

본 연구는 유아의 언어표현능력이 친사회적 행동에 미치는 영향을 알아보았다. 대상은 경기도에 있는 9개 유치원 및 어린이집의 만 4세반 유아 44명과 만 5세반 유아 42명, 총 84명이다. 유아의 언어표현력은 장영애(1981)가 만 3-5세 수준에 맞게 제작한 언어표현능력 도구로, 유아의 친사회적 행동은 김영옥(2003)이 개발한 교사용 친사회적 행동 평가 척도(PBSYC)로 측정하였다. 연구 결과, 언어표현능력이 높을수록 친사회적 행동을 많이 보이는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 언어표현능력이 친사회적 행동에 미치는 영향을 보면, 유아의 친사회적 행동에 그림보고 이야기 꾸미기의 하위 요인 중 내용의 일치가 통계적으로 유의미한 영향을 미쳤다. 즉 언어표현능력이 뛰어난 유아가 또래와 바람직한 관계를 형성하고, 도움을 주며, 자신의 능력을 활용하여 또래를 배려해 줄 수 있고, 자신의 것을 나누며 감정을 조절하는 데 있어서 그렇지 않은 유아보다 유능하다고 하겠다. 이를 바탕으로 유아의 친사회적 행동을 증진시키기 위해 교사는 유아의 언어표현능력을 증진시킬 수 있는 다양한 교육적 활동을 제공하고 다양한 방법을 활용하여 언어를 지도해야 함을 시사한다. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of young children's verbal expression on their prosocial behaviors. The subjects were 44 four-year-olds and 42 five-year- olds in nine kindergartens and daycare centers located in Gyeonggi-do. The instruments used were Verbal Expressiveness Inventory(Jang, 1981) and PBSYC for teachers(Kim, 2003). The major findings of the study were as follows: Concerning the correlations between their verbal expression and prosocial behavior, those who had better verbal expression showed more prosocial behavior. The relationships between the subfactors of verbal expression and those of prosocial behavior were inconsistent to some extent, but there was a positive correlation between the two overall. So it could be said that a better verbal expresson leads to better prosocial behavior. From the findings of the study on the effect of the verbal expression on prosocial behavior, it can be concluded that young children who have better verbal expression are more excellent at building a good peer relationship, helping their peers, being considerate, making themselves accessible, sharing their own belongings with peers and regulating their own emotions. This study is expected to assist early childhood education institutions to provide young children with a variety of educational activities geared toward improving verbal expression to improve their prosocial behaviors. Also, this study is expected to help teachers to improve the prosocial behavior of young children in diverse ways.

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