FORMATION LEARNERS’ СOMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCIES THROUGH DIDACTIC GAMES

This article gives a conceptual apparatus of communicative competencies from different points of view and identifies active forms and methods of teaching English. One of the active forms of teaching English is games, the article contains an experiment in which didactic games are applied to practical classrooms to form the communicative competencies of learners. The research aims to ensure the effectiveness of the application of didactic games in English language lessons. The object of the research is the educational process of learners’ communicative teaching in English language lessons. The subject of research is the conditions for the formation of communicative competencies in English language lessons. The conditions for the formation and development of learners' communicative competencies are thinking, communication, and personality. Research methods were applied - the average level of education of a specialized school was chosen as an experimental class. At the beginning of the experiment, a cross-sectional survey for learners, the results of the quiz were put in the table of S.F.Shatilov. During the research phonetic, grammar, and lexical games were applied in English language lessons. At the end of the research was made the final cross-sectional survey, and the results were put according to the table, based on which the dynamics of the growth of learners’ communicative competencies had been figured out. The theoretical significance of the research lies in the fact that the teacher develops self-esteem, and increases the potential for the creativity of the learners person. The practical significance of the research lies in the fact that the game introduces learners to the communicative process, thereby motivating them to develop educational activities. 

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