Use of Ted Talks media content in English lessons as a way to improve the language and socio-cultural competencies of high school students

Abstract

student of the Foreign Languages Faculty of the Karaganda Buketov University

The term «linguistic competence» first appeared in the middle of the XX century, this term was introduced by the American linguist N. Chomsky. He concluded that «linguistic competence» includes a system of abilities to both understand and produce an infinite number of language-correct sentences with the help of studied and learned linguistic signs and the rules of their connection. Language competence is language proficiency, including all kinds of speech activities. That is, it includes both written and spoken language.

Linguistic competence encompasses various aspects of linguistic knowledge, such as grammatical, lexical, semantic, spelling, phonological and ortho-linguistic elements.

 On the basis of the study of the term, it is possible to make a summary that in the modern methods of teaching and learning language competence is a set of knowledge and skills about the language, which promote active participation in communication in accordance with all the rules and norms of the language.

The main goal of the student is the correct use of a foreign language as a communication tool. During the mastering of language competence, the student forms and enriches his vocabulary.