WHAT IS TONGUE?
Language enables people to express themselves and their environment, to develop thoughts, to convey information about events that are seen and perceived, to transfer various cultural accumulations, to communicate with other people, to express their wishes, hopes, sorrows, joys, thoughts, feelings, to understand others, to influence other people, to direct them. It is the most powerful communication tool used to manage and manage. Language is a system with basic units such as sounds, signs (symbols) and words used as a means of communication.
MONTESSORI METHOD AND LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
Maria Montessori also sees language education as the focus of school education. According to Montessori, language develops because of living together. Again, language is the structure of symbols that are meaningful and important; it also describes events in the inner and outer world. Montessori does not primarily consider school time about the formation of language. Because the development of language in the child begins much earlier. Being able to master the language is not an inherited event; but it depends on the child’s hearing and speech potential. Montessori thought that being able to subconsciously learn the language is a result of the absorbing mind. Montessori approached language education from a holistic perspective. The child receives help, but it is direct help.
Montessori also focused on literacy studies in language education. According to Montessori, writing skill precedes reading skill. In the Montessori method, children learn the pronunciation of letters before they learn the names of the letters in order. Pronunciations are taught first, because they are the sounds of words that are necessary for future reading. Children learn these pronunciations by touching the embossed letters given by the teacher, which attracts children’s attention. Reading education begins with the child’s growing interest in using embossed letters and starting to ask what the words he sees mean. In the Montessori education approach, using letter cards to produce words or doing writing exercises gains the habit of reading. Children learn by seeing the spelling of things, objects and actions in the classroom. If we give an example on this subject, he sees his name on the glass and uses it. In the Montessori method, activities to develop verbal expression in spoken language, line activities for writing, sound activities with small objects, activities without pen and paper for writing, materials and exercises for reading are considered as the basis of language development activities.