EFFECTIVE METHODS AND TECHNIQUES IN COMPETENCE-ORIENTED APPROACH TO INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS’ LANGUAGE LEARNING

Abstract

The article is aimed at the implementation of language teaching methods in the formation of speech activity for international students of higher educational establishments in Ukraine. The research hypothesis implies that the approach to competence formation within the learning process of international students is determined by the principles of personality formation providing the unity of educational components for reaching a high level of professional speech activity and enabling effective interpersonal and team collaboration, systematic and consequent implementing the innovative technologies for activation and optimization of effective methods and techniques of language learning. For realizing the goals of the research, we applied the empirical methods: questionnaires, teachers’ interviews, tests, direct and indirect observation and monitoring of the teaching process, and generalization. The essential differentiating characteristics of methods, principles, and techniques of learning the Ukrainian language along with their realization within the educational process have been defined. Checking and validating the effectiveness of methods and techniques of learning under the conditions of taking the competence approach have been made according to activity communicative criterion and its indexes and levels (higher, average, sufficient, lower). The quantitative and qualitative analysis of the results of the pedagogical experiment has been made; the effectiveness of methods of learning aimed at activation of cognitive activity of the international students, improving the quality of professional training, building foundations for a productive methodological system of competence-oriented learning, exploring the techniques of teaching, provide expertise for further applying the acquired skills within professional activity has been proved and validated.