Mihail S. Prokopev

The relevance of the work is due to the study of the formation of students’ communicative competence aimed at the development of culture, language and history of the Sakha people, promoting successful dialogue with representatives of other nationalities taking into account regional education specifics. The aim of the study is to develop communicative competence of students in the process of learning English on the basis of the use of ethnocultural traditions of the Sakha people. To achieve the goal of the research, we have the task of clarification and definition of essential characteristics of communicative competence, identification of its component structure taking into account the specific features of regional education, determining the level of its formation when learning English based on the use of linguistic and cultural material. The study used a method of analysis of psychological-pedagogical literature, aimed at clarifying the essential concepts «communicative competence» taking into account the specifics of regional education. Scientific novelty of the results obtained is defined as follows: the authors developed an idea of structuring formation of students’ communication competence, which is based on the use of ethnocultural potential of traditions of people of Sakha in educational process, present the analysis of «communicative competence» concept in the studies of Russian and foreign authors, define its level and components taking into account the specifics of regional education. The theoretical significance of the study is in expanding scientific knowledge in the field of regionalization of education through the theoretical substantiation of a significant scientific problem of ethnic-cultural competence of students in modern conditions and its implementation taking into account the potential of the ethnocultural traditions of the Sakha people in learning English. The practical significance of the results of the study is that a diagnostic tool has been developed and applied, including a set of techniques that allow us to assess the level of formed communicative competence of the trainees. In addition, the educational material of the subject «Foreign language» has been enriched, which helps to gradually form all components of the competence being studied. The presented data of the experimental work show a positive dynamics of communicative competence formation among students in learning English taking into account regional education specifics. The developed linguistic and cultural material can be used in the formation of communicative competence of students at university.