Development of communication skills in elementary school children in the process of education

摘要

Realization of motivation to communicate in elementary school children builds the foundation for their socialization for the whole life. However, the systemic realization of a targeted programme-based activity aimed at the formation of communication skills in elementary school children in not an easy task. The purpose of the research is to study the possibility of development of communication skills in elementary school children in the process of education with the implementation of a targeted psychological and educational programme. The study consisted of three stages: a desktop analysis, an experimental research, and a data analysis. We applied such theoretical methods as an analysis of professional literature, compilation of the information, and simulation, and such empirical methods as an analysis technique of the level of communication skills formation in elementary school children by Rozhkov M.I., a test for evaluating communication skills adapted for elementary school children by Sinyavskiy V.V. and Fedoroshin V.A., and a test for assessing the attitude towards a class in children from 7 to 10 years of age by Lutoshkin A.N. We performed the Wilcoxon T test with the use of SPSS Version 23 software programme. We also created a programme for the development of communication skills. The study showed that the implemented programme of the development of communication skills in elementary school children resulted in statistically valid positive changes and proved the possibility of the development of communication skills in elementary school children with the use of a targeted programme.