DIDACTIC GAMES AND PRINCIPLES OF THEIR SELECTION WHEN TEACHING FOREIGN LANGUAGES

Abstract

The article deals with the peculiarities of selecting didactic games for teaching a foreign language in schools in Azerbaijan. The use of didactic games in the educational process for the development of students’ speech in a foreign language should be based on the basic principles of school didactics. Each game contains elements of learning, and for students – it is a kind of activity, an exciting activity, so the diadactic game has ample opportunities to provide a communicative orientation of learning, regardless of the stage of formation of speech skills. In the speech situation, conditions are defined that determine the direction of the speech action to the target. The game gives rules, compliance with which ensures the normal course of the process. Performing this or that task, students mobilize all their knowledge, their entire linguistic experience, direct their thoughts. The game also activates speech activity. Students begin to speak a foreign language using their vocabulary and acquired speech models.