Research of Egocentric Speech of Children of Senior Preschool Age

Abstract

Іn this work, one of the types of speech of older preschool children - egocentric - is analyzed. Scientific approaches to the vision of the problem of egocentric speech are clarified. The egocentric speech of older preschoolers was studied, the content of which is connected only with the utterances of children of metalanguage. The obtained empirical data once again convincingly proved the spontaneity of children’s metalanguage and confirmed the need to develop different types of utterances of older preschoolers, to achieve success in communication and adequate utterances, including about units of speech.