FORMATION OF STUDENTS’ COMMUNICATION SKILLS IN THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS OF THE SCHOOL

Abstract

The article discusses the concept and meaning of communication skills and features of their formation in younger schoolchildren, outlines the main methods and means of their formation in the educational process of the school. To confirm their effectiveness, data from a pilot study are presented, during which a developed set of tasks, exercises and games was implemented that promote the teaching of students to interact with each other in parity and aimed at developing their communication skills. As a result of an empirical study, the majority of schoolchildren had medium and high levels of formation of these skills, which indicates the productivity of the work carried out with them. The authors conclude that the set of tasks, exercises, games used in the experiment and given in the article, aimed at the formation of communicative skills of younger schoolchildren, is characterized by sufficient effectiveness for the development of their interest in the educational process and the world as a whole, the formation of an atmosphere of friendliness, mutual respect, the establishment of benevolent relations with peers and adults, parity interaction with other people.