Keyword: «regional studies»

The article is devoted to the organization of students’ activities based on critical thinking strategies studying the subarctic territories of the Arkhangelsk region. The author offers a list of possible topics and tasks for regional studies in the focus of English language teaching methodology.

The paper is addressed for primary school teachers using New Federal State Educational Standard. It contains didactic materials on Natural History of the Sverdlovsk region. The materials can be used at the lessons of Mathematica, Russian language, integrated lessons and extracurricular activities. They contribute to the development of patriotic and civil upbringing of children, history of the native region.

The main thesis of the article concluded that innovations in the field of general education and transferred to the sphere of additional education. It is showed himself the most effective project activities include innova-tions of recent times. For example, the large institutions of further education in the city of Samara, which deals with each year more than 3,000 children and teens, are considered merits and prospects of develop-ment of projects.

The article presents experimental work - a set of methodological measures aimed at the formation of communicative competence of students. The authors reveal the tasks, forms and activities of the lessons and extracurricular activities in the English language. Particular attention is drawn to the socio-cultural and linguistic and cultural components. A variety of activities which differ from the lesson make communicative competence attractive and useful extra-curriculum lessons.

The article presents experimental work - a set of methodological measures aimed at the formation of communicative competence of students. The authors reveal the tasks, forms and activities of the lessons and extracurricular activities in the English language. Particular attention is drawn to the socio-cultural and linguistic and cultural components. A variety of activities which differ from the lesson make communicative competence attractive and useful extra-curriculum lessons.