Gamificación para favorecer el desarrollo del lenguaje oral en niños de 4 a 5 años

Abstract

Oral language development in infancy is crucial for its ability to create cognitive structures while fostering the development of communicative, interactive, and social skills. In addition, it benefits the child's overall development by strengthening confidence and security. For this reason, it is fundamental to apply motivating and innovative strategies to help develop oral language in children from 4 to 5 years old. The primary objective of this research is to understand the theoretical concepts related to gamification and oral language development and to determine the relationship between the two variables. This research design is pre-experimental with a quantitative approach that considered a non-probabilistic sample by convenience formed by five teachers, an experimental group of 20 children, and a control group of the same number of children, all between the ages of 4 and 5. The survey applied to educators provided positive evidence of teachers' knowledge, attitudes, and practices about gamification for oral language development. At the end of the treatment, the post-test showed that the children in the experimental group could carry out several oral activities successfully. These results demonstrated that the gamified intervention significantly affected oral language development. Keywords: game, gamification, oral language, early childhood education