Thesis (Ed.M.)--Boston University Slides to accompany thesis on file in the Audio-Visual Library.

The diploma thesis deals with developmental dysphasia in pupils at primary school. The thesis is divided into three main parts, theoretical, case report of one boy and finally practical part. The theoretical part deals with the natural development of speech, prolonged period of speechlessness or delayed speech development and the main attention is paid to the developmental defect itself, ie developmental dysphasia. The case report contains a history of a long-term observed boy who has a disturbed speech development since birth, thus making communication difficult with the outside world. In the practical part is created a set of themes, ie different exercises and games for children suffering from a developmental disorder. These games are focused on the development of individual areas that need to be practiced and improved.

The diploma thesis is focused on the theme of speech therapy. The thesis deals with problems of delayed speech development in pre-school children, especially their vocabulary. The main aim of the thesis is the evaluation of vocabulary as well as evaluation of awareness about possibilities of enrichment and indicative range of evaluation of vocabulary. The main investigation was realized by means of half-structuralized interviews with respondents, who spend the most time and are in the daily contact with evaluated children. Arose findings should help to increase the effectiveness of speech therapy in the field of speech content of children with delayed language development. The output of this thesis is the newly created testing materials that will help assess the indicative range of vocabulary in these children.

This diploma thesis focuses on the communication competence of young learners with speech impediments. The theoretical part describes the development of young learners at primary school, speech ontogenesis from the child´s birth to their entering the first class. Then there is also analyzed communication and related communicative competence. Another section focuses on speech disorders, their classification. It is important to mention the prevention of speech therapy and the subsequent development of communication skills. The practical part is focused on research to determine the influence of defects on the level of speech communication skills of young pupils. This section is based on information obtained through interviews with teachers and five selected students´ parents at the basic school of speech therapy and the analysis of governesses and teachers´ diaries. The resulting data is recorded in case reports, tables and graphs.