Development of Play Patterns to Promote Language Development in Early Childhood: Within Family and Preschool Contexts.

Abstract

      The study on the development of play patterns to promote language development in early childhood, within family and preschool context, aimed to: 1) Investigate the situation, problems, and needs in organizing play models to promote language development in early childhood. 2) Develop play models that promote language development in early childhood. 3) Evaluate the effectiveness of the developed play models for promoting language development in early childhood. For the phase involving the evaluation of the effectiveness of the play models, the sample consisted of 180 early childhood children aged 2-5 years, divided into an experimental group and a control group. The sample size was determined using the participants were selected using purposive sampling. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, including frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation for general information of children aged 2 - 5 years. The comparison of the mean scores for language development between the experimental and control groups was analyzed using the Paired-Sample t-test.

      The comparison of the data revealed that the mean scores for language development were statistically significantly different at the .05 level. Similarly, the mean scores for language development between the experimental group and the control group following the intervention (using the innovation) were also statistically significantly different at the .05 level.