Agree or disagree with the following statements

1. Logopedics studies anomalies of human behaviour.

2. The issue of correcting speech defects was raised for the first time in the 19th century.

3. Modern logopedics is based on the idea that the structure of speech is complex and varied in its functions and ways of influencing human mental development.

4. Speech defects affect only pronunciation.

5. The emphasis of logopedics changed a little.

6. Speech disorders are treated by pedagogical methods.

7. Logopedics assistance is offered only in medical establishments.

8. Logopedic research is concerned only with pronunciation defects.

9. The direct goal of logopedics is to solve the problems of hearing pathology.

10. Logopedics has close links with psychology, linguistics, physiology, and medicine.

Answer the following questions.

1. What does logopedics as a science study?

2. What other subjects is logopedics closely connected with?

3. When was the problem of correcting speech problems raised for the first time?

4. How did the emphasis of logopedics change since that time?

5. What is logopedic research concerned with?

6. What do speech defects differ in?

7. Are speech defects studied and overcome with the help of information from other branches of knowledge?

8. The direct goal of logopedics is to solve the problems of speech pathology, isn’t it?

9. Where is research in logopedics conducted?

10. Where is logopedics assistance offered in Russia?

Complete the sentences using the necessary information from the text.

1. In the second half of the 19th century, the study of speech defects in the presence of normal hearing became…

2. The one-sided view that speech is an aggregation of…

3. Modern logopedics is based on the idea that…

4. Speech defects differ in…

5. The results of research on anomalies of speech development contribute to…

6. Specialists in logopedics are trained in….

12. Speak on the topic “ Logopedics as a science”

PROJECTS

Make presentations on the following topics. Appendix 2 contains some tips how to make your presentation better.

Ø Preparing for a career in Psychology (in Great Britain, the USA, and Russia).

Ø Challenges in the work of a psychologist (a youth worker, a police psychologist).

Ø Code of ethics of psychologists.

Ø Youth organizations in the USA, Russia.

UNIT 4. PSYCHOLOGISTS AT WORK

GRAMMAR