Development of the connected speech of younger school children as a topical problem of modernity

The development of students' speech in the light of the modern requirements of school education is one of its urgent tasks, and first of all, the lessons of the Russian language and literary reading. Speech helps the child not only communicate, but is also the main way of knowing the world around him. For a child, literate speech is the key to all-round learning and development. The article analyzes the characteristic features of oral and written speech. The main directions of the development of speech in the classroom are shown, a brief description is given to the main types of work in oral and written speech, in the formation of communicative competence in general. To achieve high results in this area, it is necessary to use a wide range of methods and forms of lesson and extracurricular work, since the process of developing communicative competence is long, requires consistency and great efforts. The main advantage of such work is the ability to comprehensively solve educational, upbringing and health-improving tasks.