Formation of Communicative Competence in the Process of Teaching Foreign Languages

In this article the author studies the process of formation of communicative competence in teaching foreign languages. Communicative competence is considered as a broad term that includes not only the structural features of the language, but also its social, pragmatic and contextual features. The priority direction of the “strategy for the modernization of education” is the education of a person who strives to maximize their capabilities, is open to new experiences, and is able to make conscious and responsible choices in various life situations. Thus, it is necessary to teach the child to solve certain communicative tasks in different areas and situations of communication by language means, that is, to form a communicative competence that includes mastering all types of speech activity, the basics of oral and written speech culture, basic skills and language use skills. However, the concept of communicative competence includes not only mastering the necessary set of speech and language knowledge, but also the formation of skills in the field of practical use of language in the process of speech activity. This is also related to the implementation of educational tasks for the formation of a socially active person who is oriented in the modern world. Communicative competence here becomes part of cultural competence, leads to an increase in the General humanitarian culture of the individual, the formation of high creative, ideological and behavioral qualities necessary for its inclusion in various activities.