Principles of Building a System of Exercises and Tasks for the Formation of Foreign Language Communication Mechanisms

Abstract

The article updates the problem of determining the principles of building a system of exercises and tasks as a means of foreign language communication mechanisms. Based on the study, analysis and generalization of scientific studies, it was determined that the system of exercises and tasks is a hierarchically structured, didactically and methodically balanced sequence of exercises and tasks, developed taking into account the requirements of the State Standard of Basic Secondary Education, the model program for a foreign language, learning conditions, psychological characteristics of the students of the educational process, aimed at students’ motivated and conscious mastering of foreign language material, the formation of their ability to use a foreign language as an effective communication tool, a powerful means of learning about another culture and representing one’s own. The need to take into account the socio-cultural context of the system of exercises and tasks and compliance with the requirements of the State Standard of Basic Secondary Education is emphasized. In this case, the system becomes a powerful tool for achieving the goal of learning foreign languages, defined by the standard and the current model program. The principles of communicativeness, integrated learning of all types of speech activity and aspects of language, the dominant role of exercises, activity, clarity, systematicity, and sequence are characterized, and individual examples of exercises and tasks are given. It is noted that each exercise of the system should determine the activity of students, model it, combine language and non-language material, and ensure the activation of students’ vocabulary and the assimilation of new vocabulary and grammar in an intercultural context. To form students’ speech mechanisms, the exercises should combine interconnected learning of all types of speech activity. In this case, we can talk about their complex nature.