PSYCHOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF THE COMPETENCE-ORIENTED METHODOLOGY OF TEACHING UKRAINIAN LANGUAGE

Abstract

The article outlines the psychological principles of developing a competence-oriented methodology of teaching Ukrainian language. On the basis of the cognitive psychology works analysis the following aspects of high school students' language education were identified: the need to activate positive motives for the qualitative acquisition of knowledge; the need to develop learning strategies aimed at systematizing the acquired knowledge, acquired skills and competences; systematic development of students' speech and thinking; enrichment of their vocabulary; improvement of the skills of all kinds of speech activity: listening, speaking, reading, writing.