The influence of the role of parents in the successful adaptation of young children (in the presence of a language barrier)

Abstract

The article discusses the role of parents in accelerating the adaptation of primary school children. The child’s arrival at school leads to a noticeable change in his communicative environment. In particular, the child feels the change of the usual home-friendly communication, provided by the previous years of his life in the family, to an environment with not very clear communication mechanisms. This factor is enhanced by the presence of a language barrier, which manifests itself in the form of complicating communication with other students and, to a certain extent, with the teacher. According to the conditions for admitting a student to a class (in which the language of instruction differs from the usual language of communication), there should not be a language barrier, but in reality this barrier is always present with one degree or another of manifestation. Under these conditions, the role of parents in the development of communication skills in primary school becomes almost decisive. The efforts of parents should be directed to the development of self-confidence, in their actions, to stimulate the child’s desire to communicate with their peers, to convince the child of the relevance of fulfilling school rules.