Keyword: «иностранный язык»

This article performs an analysis of the reducing motivation problem in studying foreign languages. The author draws conclusions about actual forms of conducting lessons and practical methods of influencing students and increasing their motivation.

This article is devoted to the features of distance learning of foreign languages in primary foreign language education. Some models of teaching foreign languages using modern information technologies and the Internet are analyzed. The methodological principles of the organization of the system of distance learning in the field of a foreign language are formulated. The problems and their solutions encountered in the learning process are discussed.

Speaking is one of the key speech skills by which direct proficiency in a foreign language is assessed. The development of coherent speech skills in monologic, dialogic, polylogic forms, an adequate response to the formulation of a communicative task shows the speaker's complex skills: his/her general linguistic, pragmatic, grammatical, lexical and other competences. Analysis of domestic and foreign scientific literature allows us to speak of a consistently high interest of both theorists and practitioners of teaching methodology in the development of various aspects of speaking (fluency and tempo, purity of speech, the use of varied vocabulary), the development of speaking skills in a specialized environment, as well as the use of information and communication technologies for teaching and testing monologue / dialogue speech. The purpose of this article is to describe proven techniques for the development of oral speech at a high level of language proficiency. The purpose of the research determines the methods: general scientific methods of analysis and synthesis, generalization and systematization. Also, the method of pedagogical observation was used to assess the feedback of students and the effectiveness of the proposed techniques. Techniques for enhancing and improving speaking skills are described in the practical part of the study. The authors single out among the effective techniques: a) specific situational tasks (prepared in advance and spontaneous, this category also includes game situations); b) polylogues (this type of speech activity allows you to learn thematic vocabulary and practice grammatical structures, defend your position, listen to the opinions of others); c) it is effective to use online technologies for interdependent teaching of listening, writing, reading and speaking in a foreign language (selection and correlation of the corresponding types of online platforms and sites is important); d) creating conditions for the development of not educational, but cognitive activity, so that the communicative motive is triggered by the cognitive; e) the author's method of developing speaking skills, which is based on the psychological comfort of students. The description of productive techniques for the development of various aspects of speaking is an important practical priority of the work. The above techniques can be used with some adaptation / correction or without adaptation at levels from B1 and higher. The conclusions summarize the information and outline the prospects for further research.

The article examines the use of authentic professional videos in the process of learning English by cadets of a military university, describes their advantages over existing teaching methods. The authors consider the stages of work with video materials, give a description of the aims of each stage of working with them, as well as offer optimal exercise options to include watching a video during the classroom lesson.