language

Language. The creation of the film as well as the realisation of the research was strongly influenced by language competence. How well can we make ourselves understood by participants? Although we were prepared to this, we were surprised at times. An important experience was to realize that we were not able to work with a translator.

Kids had to adapt to our poor knowledge of language. They had to be patient. In their excitement to understand us, and make us understand them, they tried to tell what they wanted in different ways, which was amusing for them, and also developed their verbal competence. They not only had to concentrate on being understood, but also to understand what we wanted to express, therefore during work they often repeated what Katalin told, to be shore, they really understood what she wanted to say. This competence is important even between native speakers. They also developed their non-verbal communication skills, as we often had to find out movements, gestures to be understood – which was also a great advantage for the film.