DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF SPEAKING SKILLS IN THE PROCESS OF TEACHING ENGLISH: THEORETICAL ASPECT

Abstract

The question of the importance of developing and improving speaking skills in teaching English is raised in the article. The author considers subjective and objective reasons that influence the success of mastering the speaking skill. The accounting of these reasons by the teacher, work aimed at eliminating them, will contribute to a more successful development of the speaking skill of students. The article also analyzes positions of various authors regarding the ways and methods aimed at developing the speaking skill. Some difficulties in mastering the skill of speaking that arise in the classroom of the English language are considered in the article. The author is convinced of the priority of the communicative competences of teacher and students in teaching English. In the process of analyzing scientific works on the problem of developing the speaking skill, the author formulated his own vision of the main difficulties in developing the speaking skill and identified the causes of these difficulties. The author of the article underlined the great importance of the educational level of an English teacher in the preparation of practical tasks for speech activity, as well as the ability to use their psychological and pedagogical competencies in practice.