Children's Language Improvement Possibilities

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Development and improvement of children’s language generally takes place on three levels: the rst level – parents, the in€uence of language in the family, the second level – the in€uence of language at school (pre-school and primary school), and the third level – the in€uence of language in the environment (the yard, the street or the local area). A child exists in a world full of words. It intuitively more or less understands and applies the most frequently heard words and expressions in the everyday speech. A child’s language is largely in€uenced by the family, teachers, as well as friends and other people that are considered by the child to be its authority. All of these sources play a certain role in the processes of language acquisition and development of speech culture. Linguistic communication is also closely associated with learning the accepted norms of behaviour, use of means of language expression in particular communication situations, their appropriate or inappropriate use. It is known that a wide range of linguistic means, a rich vocabulary, knowledge of the meanings and function peculiarities of words are required for the expression of thoughts, feelings and judgements, Enrichment of vocabulary is closely tied with the intellectual growth of a child. There are diverse ways of enriching their lexicon and evoking interest in words. Imperfections in children’s vocabulary have various reasons: the inability of parents to cultivate the language of their children in the pre-school age, insucient performance of teachers in identifying the value of words, lack of unied requirements in the area of speech culture cultivation for teachers of various lessons (kindergarten) and of all subjects (primary school). Childhood is both the fundament of life and language learning. Only by fully acquiring one’s native language and by developing speech can a person become part of the cultural life in his or her native country and exist as a creative personality, qualitatively perform tasks at work and successfully engage in communication.