Abstract

My purpose with this essay is to get knowledge about pedagogues´ work at pre- schools specialized on language. This was something that I wanted to examine, when I during earlier work and teaching practice met children with speech defects. I have interviewed three pre-schools teachers in different pre-schools specialized on language in a town in the middle of Sweden. As an examination method I used a qualitative interview method and I asked questions out of four themes. My themes where Background, Everyday work, Methods to stimulate children with speech defects in their development of language, and Further education. From the literature which has been used in this essay and from those interviews I made I have come with the conclusion, that a clear structure and signs as an alternative and complement communication can help children with speech defects in their development of language.

Keywords: language, speech defects, pre-schools specialized on language, signs as an alternative and complement communication.