The development of early communication skills using flashcards

Abstract

The article is investigating the development of early communication skills in children by using flashcards as a teaching-learning aid. The communication skills aimed by our research are the speech production, and the development of the verbal oral language. Language is a complex system and even though its primary function is not the communication (as Chomsky is stating), it is still broadly used as a facilitator and an enhancer of the communication. The use of flashcards is expected to facilitate the concept formation and vocabulary development. Flashcards are widely used in foreign language learning, and we aim at generalizing the positive effects on the vocabulary building for native language acquisition. However, the exploration of some drawbacks of using flashcards had been observed during focus-groups with practitioners (educators and teachers).