1. IN 2 VARIANTS / IN PAIRS. The peculiarities of speech sound disorders. 20 min.
In this section you will play a role of speech therapists - you will need to to understand the classification of speech sound disorders and to see what phonological drill exercises may be given for a child with one of them.
1) IN 2 VARIANTS: Read the following web-resources and summarise the information by answering the following questions:
- Which disorders are called speech sound?
- How are they classified?
- Can you supply any examples of such disorders?
- By what age do children with typical development acquire all sounds?
- What can be done to adjust learning a foreign language to teaching a child with speech sound disorder?
- What is the difference between dysarthria and Childhood appraxia of speech?
VARIANT 1.
1) Speech Sound Disorders-Articulation and Phonology
2) Speech Sound Disorders in Children
VARIANT 2.
1) Dysarthria
2) Speech Sound Disorders in Children
2) IN PAIRS: Read the case. Try and identify the child's disorder.
A girl of 12, named Olena, mispronounces words both in Ukrainian and English due to a born brain abnormality. While repeating a word after her EFL teacher, she usually substitutes several sounds. She can say "poo-ti-fee" instead of "beautiful". Besides, there are sounds that she cannot pronounce at all, like [r], [l] etc. Her speech is generally slurred and the rate is slower than normal. If she is asked to repeat the same word several time, in some cases her pronunciation improves but in others she gets irritated and refuses to speak at all. She takes advantage of Ukrainian transliteration of challenging English words.
In the same time, her thinking abilities are normal for her age. She usually accomplishes written activities correctly and in time. Besides, she is quite talented in painting.
In her class she is sometimes bullied by 2 boys who tear her drawings, pinch her or show other forms of disrespect or aggression when the teacher is out of class. This causes defensive behavior: the girl becomes quarrelsome, she refuses to go to the blackboard, to repeat after the teacher, to read. But if she is treated respectfully, defensiveness decreases.
Olena comes from a single-mother family. She spends most of her free time with her grandmother, a retired primary school teacher, who contributes lots of time and effort into her education and development. The grandmother usually follows teachers' advice.
3) IN GROUPS OF 5: Read the following resources by variants. Have you guessed the disorder correctly? Choose 5 phonological drill exercises to be recommended to Olena and useful for the whole class.
1) 4 Speech Therapy Activities for Kids with Dysarthria
2) Oral Motor Speech Exercises
3) Dysarthria
