MODERN APPROACHES TO THE FORMATION OF COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE OF JUNIOR SCHOOLCHILDREN IN UKRAINIAN LESSONS

Abstract

The article considers modern approaches to the formation of speech and communicative competence of primary school students in the process of learning the Ukrainian language. Given the fact that this quality of personality performs an extremely important function in human life, its foundations must be laid at early school age. The relevance of the study is due to the need to increase the level and improve the quality of language education of students, its leading role in the formation of communicative competence of primary school students. The purpose of the study is to substantiate the effective forms and means of development of speech-communicative-speech competence of students in Ukrainian lessons in primary school. The study is based on the use of a set of general scientific methods: theoretical (analysis, synthesis, abstraction) and empirical: pedagogical observation, modeling, intensive implementation in the process of learning the Ukrainian language for its modernization. It is substantiated that in the formation of skills of oral and written, dialogic and monologue speech of junior schoolchildren are their ability to communicate in different life situations the most effective is a combination of functional-stylistic, culturological, text-centric, system-language approaches, application of situational (speech- communicative) tasks, extensive use of interactive technologies, the use of multimedia support. It is emphasized that the period of literacy training deserves special attention in the formation of communicative competence of first-graders as the most difficult and responsible in the formation of the language personality of a junior schoolchild. In order to implement the outlined goal at this stage, it is worth giving priority to the development of the first-grader’s speech, his diction and expressiveness of speech, in addition, to organize the intensive formation of pronunciation skills, enrichment of vocabulary, mastering the grammatical structure of the Ukrainian language at a practical level, which is the basis for the formation of a culture of oral Ukrainian speech of a growing personality. The problem of using coherent speech lessons, various forms of independent and extracurricular work in the formation of speech and communicative skills of primary school students deserves prospects for further research.