Keyword: «the stage of performance»

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.