The profession of a speech therapist

I'm a first-year student of the Volgograd State Pedagogical University. I've chosen special-corrective pedagogy as my future profession. Our faculty is divided into a number of departments. Education is provided in many specialties.

In the near future I'll graduate from the university and become a speech therapist. This profession has always been one of the most honorable and of great responsibility.

Speech is one of the primary ways we communicate with our environment. Communication includes speech (for example, articulation, intonation), language (phonology, including reading and writing) and non-verbal such as facial expression and gesture. Speech is also an effective way to monitor normal growth and development as well as to identify potential problems. Speech disorders include several speech-related problems that result in impaired or ineffective oral communication. Disfluencies are rhythm disorders that are usually characterized by the repetition of a sound, word, or phrase. Articulation deficiencies involve sounds made incorrectly or inappropriately. Voice disorders involve abnormalities in the quality, pitch and loudness of the sound.

Speech therapy is the corrective treatment of physical and cognitive disorders resulting in difficulty with communication. Depending on the nature and severity of the disorder common treatment may include physical exercises, instructive practice and drilling, audio-visual aids, and even specialized computer programs. It may also include using sign language (hand and body movement) or special board with pictures and words. Speech therapists help those people communicate who don't speak clearly. They work with babies and children who has learning difficulties, physical disabilities, specific difficulties in producing sounds, voice disorders and so on. They also help adults with communication problems following different diseases.

Speech therapists may work in community health centers, hospitals and special schools. They also work closely with parents and other professionals, such as teachers, nurses and doctors.

Vocabulary

Look the transcription of the terms in your dictionary.

corrective treatment - корректирующее лечение

physical and cognitive disorders - физические и познавательные нарушения

articulation - артикуляция

intonation - интонация

phonology - фонология

non-verbal - невербалика

facial expression - выражение лица,мимика

gesture - жесты

severity of the disorder - серьезность нарушения

treatment - лечение, корректировка

physical exercises - физические упражнения

instructive practice - консультации

drilling -тренировка

audio-visual aids - аудио-визуальные средства помощи

hand and body movement - движения рук и тела

speech-related - относящийся к речи

impaired - замедленный, ослабленный,ухудшенный

ineffective oral communication - невыразительная, неэффективная манера общения

monitor normal growth - контролировать нормальное развитие

identify potential problems - обнаружить потенциальные проблемы

Disfluence - замедленность (речи)

rhythm disorders - нарушения в ритме речи

repetition of a sound, word, or phrase - повторения звуков, слов, фраз

Articulation deficiencies - замедленность артикуляции

incorrectly or inappropriately - не правильно или не подходяще (соответствующе)

Voice disorders - нарушения звука

Abnormalities - патология

in the quality - в качестве

pitch - тон

loudness – громкость

Exercise 1. answer the questions:

Whom do speech therapists help?

What is speech therapy?

Why does common treatment may include different things?

Do speech therapists work with babies and children only?

What is the difference between speech and language?

Why is this profession one of the most honorable?

Where can speech therapists work?

Exercise 2. Translate from Russian into English:

действенный способ контролировать нормальное развитие; проблемы в общении, сопровождающие некоторые заболевания; корректировка физических и познавательных нарушений; нарушения в производстве звука; консультативные центры, больницы и специальные школы; физические упражнения, консультативная помощь и тренировка; специальные доски с картинками и словами; нарушения в качестве, тоне и громкости звука; обнаружение потенциальных проблем;

Exercise 3. Translate from English into Russian:

Speech-related problems, resulting in difficulty with communication, depending on the nature and severity of the disorder, sounds made incorrectly or inappropriately, non-verbal such as facial expression and gesture; rhythm disorders characterized by the repetition of a sound, word, or phrase; people who don't speak clearly; has learning difficulties, physical disabilities.

Exercise 4. Match the parts of a sentence.

1. difluences are…	a) using sign language or special board with pictures and words
2. common treatment may include…	b) speech, language and non- verbal such as facial expressions and gestures
3. communication includes…	c) rhythm disorders
4. articulation deficiencies involve…	d) physical exercises, instructive practice and drilling
5. speech disorders include…	e) sounds made incorrectly or inappropriately
6. common treatment may also include…	f) abnormalities in the quality, pitch, and loudness of the sound
7. voice disorders involve…	g) speech-related problems

Exercise 5. Finish the sentences using words expression from the text.

Speech therapy is…

Speech disorders include…

Speech therapist may work in…

They usually work with…

Articulation deficiencies..

Speech is…

Speech therapists help…

Communication includes…

Depending on the nature and severity…

Retell the text using this plan.