Abstract
Language and communication development for young children consist of four components, which are vocabulary, syntax, semantic, and communication. The purpose of this study is to determine language and communication achievements of 2, 3 and 4 years old children. This study involves 1000 children from 65 childcare centers in one of the states in Malaysia. This study uses a survey method, by using National Database to identify language and communication development of 2+, 3+, and 4+ years old children. Findings of 2 years old indicate a low performance in all components. Only 17.9 percent of them has achieved the skills of make a sentence using two words (syntax). The findings for 3 years old children indicate that 50% to 60% attained the achievement’s standard. However, only 50.6 percent of the children in this study has achieved the skills of using two to three words in a sentence. Findings for 4 years old children indicate that not more than 50% of children attained the achievement’s standard required. The result also highlighted that the lowest achievement of communication that is 17.9 percent for 4 years old children. Overall results from this study, found that children are behind their achivement standard in all components of language and communication when compared to the achievement standard for their age group. Therefore, the implication of this study is to focus on the teachers and parents involvement to support childrens’ language development as they are very much involved in childrens’ early years of development. Teachers need to be trained on how to create language rich environment, initiate interactive conversation, and reading time with children in the classroom. On the other hand, parents need to communicate more with their children through daily activities and have reading time as a routine at home.
Highlights
Language and communication plays an important role in human development
Language and communication development for young children consist of four components, which are vocabulary, syntax, semantic, and communication
Overall results from this study, found that children are behind their achivement standard in all components of language and communication when compared to the achievement standard for their age group
Summary
Language and communication plays an important role in human development. Without language and communication skills, it is difficult for individuals to build competencies in other areas of development. Well-developed language abilities help children to be successful in academics and to be able to communicate better with others. Without language and communication skills, children are at risk of literacy, academic, social, and emotional difficulties. When they become adults, they are at risk of unemployment and poor mental health (Mc Kean et al, 2015). Educators play an important role to support the development of language and communication since they are young. The application of developmental checklist is critical to assess children’s language and communication progress, and to plan for their support and intervention
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