Tatyana Ryabova

Modern education is aimed at forming an initiative, creative person who is able to acquire knowledge independently and use it for solving interpersonal and professional tasks. The project methodology considered in the article corresponds to new trends in education that determine its relevance. The purpose of the study is to determine the main aspects of the organization of project-based learning technology to increase the level of formation of foreign language communicative competence and stimulate cognitive activity of students. To achieve this goal, the competence approach was used as the main one. The author also notes the personality-oriented nature of the method, its educational potential and positive impact on the educational and cognitive independence of students, which contributes to the productive assimilation of educational material and increases motivation in learning. The advantages and disadvantages of using the project method are clarified. The advantages of the method are the involvement of students in research activities using modern computer technologies, individualization of the learning process with simultaneous learning in cooperation, integration of knowledge from various fields, which gives a complete picture of the world, and improvement of communicative competence in all types of speech activities, taking into account the level of training. The methodological basis was the work of domestic and foreign scientists on the issue under study. Methods of theoretical analysis and synthesis, comparison and interpretation, study of project activity products and its characteristic features in a non-linguistic University were used. The article describes the essence of the method, its types, stages of work on the project, and the possibilities of its application in classroom and extracurricular work when teaching a language. The role of the teacher in the organization of project activities is clarified. The author offers examples of project tasks for the formation of communicative and socio-cultural competences in a non-linguistic University depending on the level of language training of students. The theoretical understanding of the project method and the practical use of the research results will allow us to form the communicative competence of students in a foreign language more effectively and develop their educational and cognitive independence.

The article deals with the problem of organization and assessment of research activities at the foreign lan-guages department. Types of scientific research, internal and external motives for research activities and main directions of research work are described. The author comes to the conclusion that in assessing the quality of scientific work the complex of interrelated parameters should be taken into consideration.