Haletska Y. - Psycholinguistic aspects of the research of communicative activity of preschool children with speech disorders

Contact: Haletska Yuliya, Ph.D., senior lecturer of speech therapy and special techniques department Kamianets-Podilsky Ivan Ohienko National University, Kamianets-Podilsky, Ukraine. Academic interests: feature the organization of educational and correctional-developing work with children with intellectual disabilities.

Meaningful communication, which brings emotional satisfaction, stability in relationships, confidence, allows children to feel full members of society. The role of communication in human life is extremely important, so the study of this problem has become relevant in modern life. The aim of the article is theoretical study and empirical research of features of communicative activity of preschool children with speech disorders. We have organized a special study on the basis of senior and preparatory groups of preschool institutions, which included 50 children of 5-6 years of age. The purpose of the experimental study was to study communicative activity in its holistic aspect, so we tried to cover all its sides: motivational, communicative, emotional, moral-ethical and intellectually creative. The following methods were used to investigate the described characteristics: expert evaluation of parameters of communication of children (questionnaires were used for parents and teachers); psychological observation (during the role-playing game); conversation with children; psychological experiment; projective tests.
Children with low levels of communication have the following features: formal contact, difficult to establish, no need for communication, children indecisive, do not initiate communication. Children with middle levels such characteristics are inherent: contact is meaningful, established gradually, children are characterized by shyness, need encouragement; the need for communication episodic. In preschoolers with sufficient level of communication, the contact is meaningful, easy to establish; the need for communication is stable. The results of experimental research have led to the conclusion that the level of development of speech functions and the level of communication are interdependent functions.
All children with speech impairment have communication impairment.  Accordingly, corrective work on the formation of communication skills should be carried out in parallel with the development of children's speech.

Key words: communicative activity, speech, communication, preschoolers, children with speech disorders.