THE EFFECT OF CHILDREN'S DRAMA-THEMED ACTIVITIES ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF SPEAKING SKILLS IN 4–5-YEAR- OLD

Abstract

Early childhood is a critical period for language learning and young children's ability to use language is mainly reflected in the process of telling. The development of young children's expressive abilities has an essential impact on their language ability and overall development. In this study, two parallel 4–5-year-olds were selected in Mianyang kindergarten, and the experimental class was randomly divided into the control class fora 10-week shared reading activity. After analysis, we concluded that children’s drama-themed activities could promote the development of 4-5-year-old children's speaking ability; children's drama-themed activities can encourage the development of 4-5-year-old children in the four dimensions of "narrative length", "vocabulary level","sentence structure" and "expressive ability",; and there is no significant difference between the genders in the effect of children's drama-themed activities on the expressiveability of 4-5-year-old children.