BASICS OF COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE AT PRE-SCHOOL AGE
Keywords:
communicative competence, preschool age, language, social developmentAbstract
The development of communicative and speech competences are key components of the educational process for 6-7 year olds. In the recent decades, the rapid development of science and social relations has led to substantial changes in the theory and practice of native language learning. The modern vision of pre-school education requires the development of an innovative philosophy to achieve adequate goals by continually building up knowledge and skills in order to maximize the development of each child and to expand its capacity for full social realization. The new educational paradigm reflects the requirements of a new society built around an organization based on the explicit acceptance of democratic values and the right of every child to equal access to education. In order to meet the higher public requirements, a new type of education orientation is needed - competence.
The communication in the pre-school age is considered an impulsive but straightforward gathering of information, thoughts, ideas and emotions within the children. The communication process gets activated by a certain impulse which causes pressure in the brain and results in an image. This leads to materialization through the codes of the language and its personalization according to the speech.
The communication competence is defined by the intellectual, emotional and social development in this age.
The communication competence is a dynamic system which includes linguistic, social linguistic, strategy, discourse and emotional competence.
A system of signs to discover the communication competence has been created based on an experimental research. It shows the communication competence in pre-school age.
The article focuses on issues related to the formation and development of communicative competence in the context of socio-pedagogical interaction in the kindergarten.
The system includes the following metrics:
1. Orientation in a communicative situation
2. Adequacy and integrity of the exhibition
3. Communicative-strategic skills
4. Initiatives
5. Expression
6. Empathy
7. I-messages
8. Cooperation
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