Keyword: «grammatical skills»

The problem of teaching grammatical competence of a foreign language is considered one of the main tasks in the theory of teaching foreign languages. However, methodologists began to discuss this problem relatively recently. Based on the relevance of this problem, this article reveals the concepts of grammatical competence and grammatical skill as a cognitive mechanism for the formation of grammatical competence. The purpose of the article is to analyze various classifications of the stages of the formation of grammatical speech skills at foreign language lessons and to determine the main of them. The theoretical significance of the work is an attempt to expand the understanding of the stages of the formation of grammatical skills while working with foreign languages.

The article focuses on the relevance of the formation of lexical and grammatical skills in the process of foreign language education at the middle stage through information and educational technology, namely video resources. The concepts of lexical skills, grammatical skills and video resources are discussed in detail, the stages of preparation for this type of work are described. The positive aspects of the technology are analyzed, the conditions for its implementation are specified. The authors’ personal experience is summarized, a fragment of the lesson is given, the practical results obtained are evaluated, and practical recommendations are presented.

The article deals with key stages of compiling and incorporating English linguistic corpus of professional aviation texts into a process of forming and improving cadets’ lexical and grammatical skills.