자유 놀이에서 나타나는 유아의 정서 어휘 의미에 대한 연구

초록

This study aimed to examine the meaning of emotional vocabulary produced by young children during free play. To achieve this, observations were conducted on a group of five young children aged 3-5 years in a mixed-age class, totaling 45 sessions from September 1 to December 23, 2022, occurring 3-5 times per week. The findings of the study revealed that young children utilized emotional vocabulary to achieve several pivotal communicative goals. Firstly, emotional vocabulary emerged as a linguistic device through which the young children expressed their own emotions and empathized with the emotions of their peers. Secondly, emotional vocabulary was used as a linguistic tool to convey their intentions to participate in, proceed, and conclude play activities. Thirdly, emotional vocabulary served as a means to implement appropriate social norms in conflict situations. Lastly, emotional vocabulary was utilized as a linguistic device to indirectly convey one’s intentions. These findings emphasize the importance of exposing young children to various situations to help them understand and learn emotional vocabulary and suggest the need to examine interactions with peers, parents, and teachers to better understand the process through which young children acquire emotional vocabulary.

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