COMPETENCE-ORIENTED FOREIGN LANGUAGES TEACHING TO STUDENTS OF GYMNASIUMS IN GRADES 5–6: PROGNOSTIC CONCEPTS

Abstract

The article presents the prognostic concepts of competence-oriented foreign language teaching to 5–6th grade students of gymnasiums according to the requirements of the New Ukrainian School and taking into account the new State standard of basic secondary school and updated curricula. This study to a certain extent continues the previous one, which was devoted to the problem of teaching foreign languages to primary school students according to the competence-based approach. The authors outline and substantiate the socio-pedagogical need for scientific study of the problem on competence-oriented foreign languages teaching to students of gymnasiums in grades 5–6, provide convincing statements about the relevance of the research problem, determine and interpret the scientific and methodological directions of its development, reveal scientific and theoretical basis for its implementation, determine the means for implementation of the study, predict the expected results. The results of the study are aimed at improving the quality of teaching foreign languages to gymnasium students in grades 5–6 in accordance with the requirements of the current level of foreign language skills as a means of intercultural communication and in the context of a competence-oriented approach to learning; they will create the preconditions for successful study of foreign languages in gymnasiums. The prospects for further research are clearly and reasonably indicated.