INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO THE TEACHING OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES AT LEVELS B2 - C1 (FROM THE EXPERIENCE OF THE TEXTBOOK)

Abstract

This paper considers innovative approaches to foreign language teaching in higher education, especially to the teaching of grammar, using the textbook Le français.ru B2-C1. A competence-based approach, the application of the principle of «student-centricity» and the concept of «tasks» help to optimize the learning process. Using the principle of «student-centricity» when introducing new grammar enhances cognitive motivation of students, makes them formulate themselves grammar rules, by analyzing wellchosen examples and answering teacher's questions. Another on important point in the presentation of a new grammar material is its correlation with their native language as well as their own search of the laws of this comparison. This could help them understand the examined phenomenon and it could help prevent possible interference errors. Using the concept of «tasks» and active exercises contribute to better acquisition of grammar and found it in the speech. That is why traditional grammar exercises should be accompanied with supplementary active exercises aimed to fulfill certain tasks. The competence approach, the use of information and communication technologies, the study of language material in the direction «from the value to the form» does not replace but enrich the traditional methods of teaching foreign languages.