FORMATION OF SENIOR STUDENTS’ WRITING SKILLS IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE AT SECONDARY SCHOOL

Abstract

The article deals with a problem of forming writing skills in a foreign language in the senior classes of a secondary school. The authors propose to develop and introduce additional sets of exercises into the educational process in order to improve the skills and abilities of written speech in a foreign language among senior students. At different stages, teaching writing involves performing exercises, the level of complexity of which increases gradually. At the senior stage, to improve writing skills in a foreign language, exercises of increased complexity are usually used, such as annotating, summarizing, essays, creative dictations, emails, drawing up plans and abstracts and analyzing graphs. The authors propose special exercises using templates and samples of a written speech. The idea is substantiated that everything is interconnected in speech activity, and with the right choice of exercises, one can significantly improve the skills and abilities of foreign written speech.