IMMERSION METHOD IN TEACHING FOREIGN COMMUNICATION SKILLS

Abstract

The article dwells on the application of the immersion method at a foreign language lesson aiming at the development of the communication skills in oral speech and in writing. Internet services and platforms together with other computer technologies help to create more natural conditions for socializing, raise motivation, provide personal involvement of all the students in the communication and facilitate the task for the teacher to control the process and analyze the results. The authors offer a set of exercises and Internet resources to improve communication skills, providing it with detailed targets, instruments and stages, the tasks are listed according to the type of the communication skill and their complexity. The immersion method is helpful in perfecting prepared monologues and improving skills of spontaneous speech in dialogues and polylogues, it teaches to perceive the new information and give an instantaneous response to the stimulus.