DESCRIPTIVE DEVELOPMENT OF VERBAL ATTENTION IN OLDER PRESCHOOL CHILDREN WITH LOGOPATHOLOGY

The purpose of this study is to identify the current state of formation of verbal attention of older preschool children with logopathology, which affects their speech readiness for learning in general secondary education institutions. Research task: theoretical analysis of scientific sources on the problem of study; specify research methods and parameters revealing the level of verbal attention; carrying out a comparative analysis of the results of the study of older preschool children with logopathology and normotypical psychophysical development. Research methods are methods with tasks aimed at studying the semiotic and psychological components of speech readiness, in the criteria of which the parameters for evaluating the properties of verbal attention (selectivity, stability, distribution, concentration, switching, volume) are outlined. The results of the experimental study give a clear idea that there are significant differences between the groups of children with speech pathology and those with normotypical psychophysical development regarding the formation of verbal attention of the psychological component of speech readiness: children with speech pathology have insufficiently developed properties of verbal attention, which prevents them from listening carefully to tasks (concentration), focused on it for a long time (persistence), performed other exercises in parallel (distribution), worked on several verbal tasks during the lesson (volume), switched to other actions (switching), focused on a specific task (selectivity). The inability to concentrate attention on educational activities leads to the impaired perception of speech information, its memorization, representation, reflection and verbal reproduction. Research materials indicate the unformed readiness of this category of children to integrate into the conditions of general secondary education institutions. Keywords: verbal attention; selective attention; stability of attention; distribution of attention; the concentration of attention; switching of attention; amount of attention; children of older preschool age; speech disorder.