Internal Speech Disorders In Children With Motor Alalia And Their Impact On Connected Speech

Abstract

The article analyzes the specific features of the formation of inner speech in children with motor alalia and its impact on the development of connected speech. The study reveals the mechanisms of connected speech disorders based on the cognitive and regulatory functions of inner speech. The authors scientifically substantiate the fact that delays in the development of inner speech directly affect the coherence, logic and grammatical completeness of connected speech. This article examines the peculiarities of inner speech development in preschool children with motor alalia and its influence on the formation of connected speech. The study is based on psycholinguistic and neuropsychological approaches that consider inner speech as a regulatory mechanism of speech activity. The authors analyze the relationship between speech programming, self-control, cognitive regulation, and the coherence of oral speech. Comparative research conducted with children aged 5–6 years demonstrated that insufficient development of inner speech negatively affects sentence planning, logical consistency, grammatical organization, and narrative coherence. The findings confirm that deficits in inner speech mechanisms are one of the leading factors underlying connected speech disorders in children with motor alalia. The article emphasizes the importance of incorporating methods aimed at developing inner speech into speech therapy intervention programs in order to improve communicative competence and coherent speech production.