EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION OF THE EFFICIENCY OF THE METHODOLOGY OF IMPROVING THE LEVEL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE COMPETENCE BASED ON THE INTEGRATIVE ELECTIVE COURSE "HISTORY OF UKRAINE IN ENGLISH"

Abstract

The article presents a description of the experiment organized to test the effectiveness of the developed methodology for improving the level of foreign language competence of students of a senior specialized school based on the integrative elective course "History of Ukraine in English". It is noted that the trend of the senior specialized school towards the competence paradigm contributes to the processual integration of foreign language learning with other subjects.

CLIL is considered as an effective method to increase the level of students' motivation in studying subjects in a foreign language, activating their cognitive qualities, and improving foreign language competence. The introduction of integrative elective courses to increase the level of foreign language competence in high school is relevant.

The results of a survey of teachers of general secondary education institutions and a survey of high school students regarding the feasibility of introducing elective courses in English in high school are analyzed.

Foreign language competence is defined as the ability of a secondary education student to meaningfully use foreign language material, acquired language skills and speaking skills in situations of foreign language communication at the level of educational achievements defined in state standards and educational programs for a certain level of general secondary education; the acquirer's ability to successfully carry out further foreign language training and use their own foreign language speaking experience in various areas of communication for a certain age.

The stages of the experiment are described, the purpose and tasks of each of them are defined. The developed subsystem of exercises and tasks is described, which includes groups of exercises according to the stages of working with a text of a historical orientation and involves the activation of thinking operations according to B. Bloom’s taxonomy. The obtained results of the experiment are analyzed, which confirm the effectiveness of the developed methodology.