The article presents approaches to understanding the main purpose of teaching a foreign language in secondary schools – the formation and development of students’ foreign language communicative competence. The article analyzes the researchers' points of view on the content of this concept and its complex structure, consisting of such components as speech, language, socio-cultural, educational, cognitive and compensatory ones.
The article is devoted to the complex problem of primary language teaching related to the use of educational technologies that promote both the stimulation of learning activities and the speech development of students. In this regard, the author considers the possibilities of such educational technologies as problem-based learning, game learning, creating a situation of success and organizing educational cooperation. The author describes the methodical aspects of organizing speech work in Russian language lessons in elementary schools using these technologies, such as relevant types of tasks,...
