Function
Language skills enable preschoolers to communicate with peers and caregivers and to converse and interact effectively with others. When young children interact with other language users, they "learn how to use language to convey messages, to express feelings, and to achieve intentions which enable them to function in a society," according to literacy specialist Mei-Yu Lu in "Language Development in the Early Years." Language skills help children resolve conflict, name and understand their own emotions and foster complex reasoning skills.