Tkach O. Formation of semantic fields of words in the middle school age children with severe speech disorders

The research covers the pressing pedagogical problem of forming semantic fields of words as complex functional structures with their basic components, interconnected by various types of semantic relationships, which consist of a core and a periphery, and provide the ability of the speech system to represent the reality. We developed and substantiated the gradual method of forming semantic fields of words of schoolchildren with severe speech disorders, which included three stages: indicative, accumulative, and that of harmonization of the semantic fields of the words. The complete implementation of the method was ensured by observance of general didactic and special principles. The substantial component of the proposed complex of activities covered specially formed support groups of vocabulary, we considered the content of educational programs, text books and additional recommended literature for children of this age group, as well as mental, ethno-cultural, regional peculiarities and family traditions of intercourse. For the implementation of the remedial program we applied a complex of traditional and innovative methods and techniques. Reused various forms of work, namely, the system of individual and sub-group lessons, independent work of students (specially designed work books), and test tasks. A comparison of the level of development of the semantic fields of words of the experimental and control groups before and after the forming experiment confirmed the efficiency of the developed method.