The formation of grammatical competence on the material of pronouns of German language

Abstract

This article reviews the concept of educational competence, component composition of foreign language communication competence, and content of teaching technique of the grammatical side of speech on the material of pronouns of German language. The grammatical speaking skills, which are in the center of research analysis, manifest as the means of formation of communication competence. The knowledge of grammatical rules is the basis for language proficiency. Grammar performs an organizational role essential to students for structuring oral speech and understanding specializes texts in foreign language. The article analyzes the peculiarities of teaching basic syntactic structures of German language system, the methodologically appropriate presentation of which form grammatical speaking skills of the students. The need for paying closer attention to the formation and development of grammatical competence is substantiated by the fact that communication in foreign language is impossible without the command and proper use of words and phrases that comply with the norms of that language. Possessive and demonstrative pronouns are most difficult to digest for the Russian-speaking audience, due to discrepancy in their morphology and variety of meanings in the contacting languages, which necessitates the use of methodological techniques to alleviate the effect of linguistic interference.