Ekaterina Kovalenko

The importance of formation junior grades’ communicative abilities at English lesson is proved in article, linguistic, pedagogical and methodical basics of formation of communicative abilities of pupils of initial classes are covered.

The article reveals the essence of the concepts "thinking" and "speech", describes the types of thinking, thought operations and levels of work on the development of speech of younger schoolchildren, examines the psychological and pedagogical features of the development of thinking and speech of younger schoolchildren in the process of studying the Russian language.

The article considers the essence of the concept «skill», describes the substantial components of the concept of «skill», as reflected in the definitions of scientists-pedagogues and psychologists, there are two approaches to defining the essence of the concept.

The article discusses the formation and development of self-esteem of first-graders with the influence of such psychological-pedagogical factors: life experience, material and spiritual level of the family, the style of family upbringing, pedagogical communication style, the estimated impact of teachers, readiness for school, success in learning, personal factor (picture of yourself), physical health, appearance, relationships and communication with peers, age.