The use of creative technologies in teaching a foreign language to students of pedagogical universities

Abstract

This paper is devoted to the problem of using creative technologies for teaching a foreign language to prospective teachers, which is relevant in accordance with the standards of higher professional education. The role of creative thinking in the development of foreign language communicative competence is indicated. The question of the development of linguistic creativity in teaching a foreign language is touched upon. The definitions of pedagogical technologies, creative pedagogical technologies and creative technologies of teaching a foreign language are considered. The main characteristics are highlighted and the classification of creative technologies of teaching a foreign language is presented. Technologies for the development of linguistic creativity of students are presented. Attention is focused on the technologies of creative writing as a means of developing linguistic creativity. Examples of the use of language and group creative games as methods of creative writing for teaching a foreign language (German) to students are given. The technologies of heuristic teaching of a foreign language are also presented, on the basis of which students creative thinking points are considered: heuristic methods of cognition of an object, identification of its main features and heuristic methods of transformation of object features and creation of a new object. Each group of heuristic methods is illustrated by examples of use in German language classes at a university.