Methods and techniques for the development of students’ communicative competence in Russian language lessons

Abstract

The article studies the development of the concept “communicative competence” in the history of linguistics and the Russian language teaching theory and methodology, overviews the basic conceptions devoted to the interpretation of this term and presents the structure of communicative competence found in the works of different researchers. We consider and analyze modern technologies and didactic materials that form students’ communication skills. It is proved that communicative competence is multicomponent, it is a set of linguistic, discursive, sociolinguistic, pragmatic, strategic and socio-cultural components. The article deals with the forms and methods that contribute to the development of communicative competence in two forms: oral and written. Of particular interest are innovative technologies, methods and forms of work in the classroom, as their application contributes to the creative development and self-development of students. The formation of the considered communicative competence ensures the development of a person who is able to communicate in different cultural spaces. It is the communicative competence that ensures the development of a creative and competitive personality, in so far as the text activities get more complicated, practical skills are formed, and students familiarize themselves with the spiritual world and culture of the native language with a careful attitude to their own language. It is concluded that the development of communicative competence occurs when the competence and activity approach to learning is implemented.