INTERACTIVE METHODS OF TEACHING FOREIGN LANGUAGE AS A MEANS OF MASTERING ELECTIVE COURSE’S CONTENTBY UPPER SCHOOL STUDENTS

Abstract

The article represents the problem on implementation of interactive methods into the process of teaching foreign languages at secondary school on the whole, and mastering the content of foreign elective courses by the students of 10th and 11thforms in particular. Introduction of elective courses in practice of upper secondary school diversifies, extends and deepens content of school foreign education due to new facilities and technologies, assists its adaptation to the European standards. The important role in successful realization of elective courses content in teaching foreign languages at upper secondary school belongs to the interactive methods. Introduction of teaching interactive methods is one of the major directions for improvement of students training in modern school and the obligatory condition for effective realization of competitive approach. Formation of competences, marked in the State standard of basic and universal secondary education, envisages application of new technologies and forms for realization of educational work. The use of interactive methods in teaching foreign languages at modern secondary school is based on the development of subject-subject relations of a teacher and students, where a student is the basic value of educational process. The major role of the interactive teacher is a role of a facilitator, a manager, an independent participant, a researcher and a learner. We define the notions of “methods of teaching” and “interactive teaching”, presents a survey of some modern interactive methods in teaching foreign languages which are the most adequate to the aims and objectives of modern foreign education a tupper secondary school in the process of mastering the content of elective courses by the students of 10–11th forms. The choice of these methods was determined by their accordance with the following pedagogic concepts: communicative approach; problem-solving approach; student-centered approach. Thus, the most workable interactive methods, in our opinion, are: cooperative learning,
project method, cinquain and mind map.