TEACHING FOREIGN LANGUAGE SPEAKING SKILLS TO PEDAGOGY STUDENTS IN THE REPUBLIC OF SAKHA (YAKUTIA)

Abstract

The article examines a problem of teaching oral communication skills to pedagogy students at North-Eastern federal university in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). Speaking is an integral part of the process of mastering the English language, but the issue of organizing effective methodological work on its development is still not fully studied and relevant. The paper discusses theoretical bases of the study of the phenomenon of speaking, considers its structural components, and describes exercises for the formation of speaking skills and requirements to them. The author concludes that the technology of teaching oral communication skills to students who major in pedagogy should be based on the use of active methods of teaching, which have high linguodidactic potential, and authentic texts. Thus, in the work, this technology is presented and described, which is a special algorithm of actions on the way to free monological and dialogical expression: work with authentic text, exercises on introduction and semantization of language and speech material, role-playing as well as debates and round tables.