摘要：Subjects included Hyomin Kim and Eunha Sohn (fictitious names) of Purum Class (a class for 5-year-olds) at 'H' Kindergarten. Subjects were selected after interviews with teachers and observation by the researcher. This study examined communication with classmates focusing on spontancous dialog situations and functions. Results showed that Hyomin and Eunha exercised power in the art group and the math groups,respectively. The power exercise processes comprised a variety of behaviors includin g : to become similar with each other;to assign an exclusive seat;to act as an elder sister;t0 allow to do something;to keep a friend ata distance;to defend oneself;to threatenor persuade with a diversity of linguistic strategies;to teach like a teacher..
