During my Early Childhood Development course, I went to a school for an observation assignment. I met a six years old child that would not join others to play during break. When I asked him why he was not playing, he told me that play is for unserious children, that his parents told him not to play in school and his teacher confirmed his story. The teacher explained that he scores high in academic works but can hardly relate with his peers, does not function effectively in school’s social activities. This got me thinking about other parents I see that stops children as young as toddler stage from playing. In fact one of my friends boldly told me that her toddler girl will be a failure academically if she continues playing freely instead of learning letters now.
The general topic I
will like to look at is Early Childhood Development in areas of social
development and language development. I will like to look at the impact and
influence of play on social development of children. Another issue that bothers
me is how parents and children of expatriate communities manage language
development and adjustment. I am an expatriate in South East Asia where I have
noticed that many children have to deal with three languages in their daily
lives. The official language of the country (Brunei Darussalam) is Malay, the
communication language of the international schools that serve the expatriate
children is English and many of the children from different nationalities come
with their mother tongues. I will like to research on how to help children,
parents and workers adjust to this complex situation. Hence my two subtopics
are:
1.
Correlation
between play and social development among pre-schoolers.
2.
Ways to
foster bilingual children to learn English as the international language while
maintaining their mother tongue amongst expatriate children.
I have a commitment to
influence the world of children positively but I understand that I can only succeed
via collaboration. Therefore, I am completely open to any insight, ideas, resources,
feedbacks and suggestions to my topics. Any kind of support will be
appreciated. 
Hello Vivian,
ReplyDeleteI think you have chosen a very interesting topic that will benefit us all to learn from. My topic also derives from the social skills. I do believe that interaction between peers would only promote language development and I do not see how it would hinder academics.But that is only my opinion, therefore; evidence based research would be very interesting to read about. It is unfortunate some individuals still do not know the importance of social skills. Thanks for sharing!
-Dina
Vivian,
ReplyDeleteI look forward to reading your research over the topic that has been chosen:) Play is a huge part of a child's life...social interaction promotes skills that assist in all areas of development.