THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF THE FORMATION OF COMMUNICATIVE AND COGNITIVE COMPETENCE OF BASIC SCHOOL STUDENTS IN ENGLISH LESSONS USING PROBLEMATIC SITUATIONS

Abstract

Modern language education goes beyond the traditional memorization of lexical and grammatical material and is focused on the development of universal learning skills necessary both for full-fledged participation in real communication and for the intellectual development of a personality [1, p.124]. The focus of modern methodology is on the formation of communicative and cognitive competence, an integrative quality of personality that ensures meaningful speech interaction and productive information processing.

In the context of the competence approach, it is important to distinguish between the terms "competence" and "competency". According to a number of researchers [5, p.24; 6, p.17; 2, p.68], competency is a certain range of issues in which a student should be aware, as well as a set of knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to solve a certain range of tasks. While competence is already an individual quality of a person, reflecting the real ability and willingness to apply this knowledge and skills in a specific activity.