Ключевое слово: «communicative approach»

The article updates the issues of using communicative tasks aimed at resolving of interpersonal conflicts in English lessons. Historical information about the origins of the communicative approach to learning a foreign language is presented. The terminological field of the theme under study is considered: “communication”, “conflict”, “interpersonal conflict”, “communicative tasks”. The teaching materials in the subject “English” are analyzed for students of different levels of education (M.Z. Biboletova, 9th grade and K.I. Kaufman, 10th grade) for the presence of communicative tasks, which are used to solve interpersonal conflicts. Recommendations are given for expanding the range of communi-cative tasks on the theme of conflicts and mastering the skills of resolving them through discussin, questioning, and working with cards. At the end, the results are summed up and conclusions are formulated on the research theme.