Abstract
The purpose of this research is to investigate the mother tongue
development levels of pre-school children within the context of various
language skill categories. Within the framework of the research, the
children’s potentials in terms of their verbal presentation skills,
their self-confidence developed toward their mother tongue and their
communication competences were evaluated. The study used the Turkish
version of the HAVAS 5 linguistic level diagnostic tool that is
originally employed to form the basis of individually customized
language support programs. 41 (N= 37; 29 boys, 12 girls) pre-school
children registered in the kindergarten of a school located in the
Muratpaşa district of Antalya and selected using the random sampling
method were included in the research.