INNOVATION IN THE UKRAINIAN PRIMARY SCHOOL: STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES REQUIREMENTS FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGE ACCORDING TO COMPETENCY-BASED APPROACH

Abstract

The article deals with the problem of learning outcomes in a foreign language for primary school students according to the new State Standard of Primary Education and foreign languages curriculum (2018). The essence of the competency-based approach is in the orientation of educational process to learning outcomes, which is considered as the student’s ability to act in various problem situations. Requirements for subject and key competences and compulsory learning outcomes take into account the competency-based approach to learning. Special attention is paid to the characteristics of the basic subject competence, in particular a foreign language communicative competence, its components and updated requirements to student achievement of learning outcomes, outlined in the current curriculum. In addition, the author reveals the essence of integrated cross-cutting content lines and requirements to expected learning outcomes for students of primary school after studying these lines.