The Effect of Pre-school Education on Language Comprehension of Children at Primary Level

Abstract

The research was designed to study the effect of pre-school on language
comprehension of children at primary level. Preschool education is the
education of young children, they got from the age of three years in
proper school environment before class I. The research question was,
whether preschool education has any contribution in understanding of
English language of children, and in future academic progress of children
at primary level. The comprehension of language was judged through
tests based on English text for classes I to V. The sample of the study
comprising 240 students, half preschoolers and half non preschoolers
was randomly selected from four schools at Islamabad to whom tests
were distributed to be done in a time limit. A statistical application of t
test showed a significant difference in the performance of students
having preschool education and the students without preschool
education. It was concluded that the children who start their schooling at
the age of three or more than three years acquired better English
language writing skills than those who do not get educational experience
in early years of their lives before entering in class I. It was
recommended that arrangements may be made for preschool education of
the children in our country.