FORMATION OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE OF PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS BASED ON COOPERATIVE LEARNING TECHNOLOGY

Abstract

This article is devoted to the problem of the formation of foreign language communicative competence of primary school students based on cooperative learning technology. Cooperative learning is one of the varieties of a personality-oriented approach in teaching a foreign language, which involves the organization of groups of students working together to solve a problem task or project. The foreign language communicative competence of primary school students is most effectively formed in specially organized group work based on cooperation. The purpose of this article is to determine the effectiveness of cooperative learning technology in forming the foreign language communicative competence of primary school students. Experimental work was carried out in three stages (ascertaining, forming and control) on the basis of secondary school-gymnasium №86 named after Mukhtar Auezov in Astana. The experiment involved thirty 4^th grade  students. The developed methodology and complex make it possible to increase the cognitive activity of students. This will help teach them productive thinking, independent replenishment of knowledge and their conscious application, develop social and communicative skills at the stages of mastering language material, thereby preparing primary school students for project activities in a foreign language at the middle and senior stages of education. The obtained data showed the effectiveness of the technology in the development of foreign language communicative competence of students.