DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNICATION SKILLS OF PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN THROUGH THEATRICAL ACTIVITIES

Abstract

The article highlights a problem of the development of communication skills of modern junior schoolchildren. Description of schoolchildren unaccustomed to live communication is given. There are children who, sitting at gadgets, decide for themselves with whom they will communicate. In terms of socialization, many schoolchildren have significant difficulties in mastering communication skills. The aim of the study is to theoretically study and experimentally investigate the process of developing the communicative skills of primary school children through theatrical activities. Research objectives include to carry out diagnostics to identify the level of development of children’s communication skills; to conduct classes in order to increase the level of communication of children attending a theater studio. The novelty of the research are those methods and techniques that create a positive emotional background for a sense of self-confidence; special methods are used designed to develop memory, expressiveness of speech, vocabulary of students. A school theater work plan has been developed aimed at developing the communication skills of younger schoolchildren.