FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY IN THE CONTEXT OF THE PROGRAM FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ASSESSMENT

Abstract

The article reveals an approach to a problem of determining the status of a foreign language and the level of proficiency in terms of the requirements of the PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) for testing competence, which is a project of an international program for assessing the educational achievements of students. The main research problem is to analyze testing technology for a thorough diagnosis of the student’s language level. A structural diagram of the CEFR has been constructed to determine the level of language proficiency, as well as a diagram of communicative language activity and strategy: reception. The practical significance of the study is that its main provisions and conclusions may be of interest to a wide range of specialists: foreign language teachers of secondary general education, higher education, scientists in the field of professional linguodidactics, cognitive linguistics, psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics.