Language competence as a criterion for readiness to school (on the material of the mother tongue)

E.D. Bozhovich; E.I. Kozickaja

Psychological Science and Education
1999. Vol. 4, no. 1
ISSN: 1814-2052 / 2311-7273 (online)

Language competence as a criterion for readiness to school (on the material of the mother tongue)

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Abstract

This study is based on the understanding of language competence as a psychological system, which includes two main components: the subject's speech experience and knowledge of language. The findings showed that the phonetic, morphological, lexical and syntactic subsystems of the language differ significantly between preschoolers and younger students.

General Information

Keywords: language competence, speech experience, preschool age, junior school age, speech

Journal rubric: Educational Psychology

Article type: scientific article

Published 28.02.1999

For citation: Bozhovich, E.D., Kozickaja, E.I. (1999). Language competence as a criterion for readiness to school (on the material of the mother tongue). Psychological Science and Education, 4(1), Article 3. (In Russ.). URL: https://psyjournals.ru/en/journals/pse/archive/1999_n1/Bozhovich (viewed: 13.06.2026)

License: CC BY-NC 4.0

Information About the Authors

Elena D. Bozhovich, Doctor of Psychology, Leading Researcher of the Laboratory of Differential Psychology and Psychophysiology, Psychological Institute of the Russian Academy of Education, Moscow, Russian Federation, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8015-9040, e-mail: elenabozhovich@inbox.ru

E. I. Kozickaja, Moscow, Russian Federation

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