PROJECT WORK BASED ON SPRE-MODEL IN THE FORMATION OF THE INTERACTIONAL COMPETENCE

Abstract

The article studies the role of project work in forming interactional competence among undergraduate students within the framework of the communicative approach to foreign language education. The focus is on students’ extralinguistic skills, such as critical thinking, interaction with others and self-organization. The author provides a definition of the interactional competence and defines its place in the general structure of communicative competence. The article analyzes the linguodidactic potential of using the “Situation – problem – reaction – evaluation” model in the formation of the competence by involving students into project work dedicated to finding a solution to a problem of a certain community of people the students feel connected to. The results of the study can be useful for teachers of foreign languages, methodologists and developers of educational programs seeking to improve the quality of teaching bachelors English as a foreign language.