THE FORMATION OF STUDENTS’ LINGUISTIC DISCOURSE COMPETENCE IN THE PROCESS OF TEACHING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

Abstract

The article analyzes the peculiarities of the formation of discourse competence of senior pupils in the process of learning foreign language communication. The peculiarities of speech-discourse competence and the relationship between the level of development of communicative and discourse competencies have been examined. The basis of the discursive competence of high school students has been determined by the skills of an adequate generation of foreign language discourses in the process of communication in a foreign language, as well as skills of communicative behavior in certain speech situations. Extralinguistic features of the situation of communication, the role of participants in communication and ways of interaction of communicants within the framework of foreign communication have been investigated. Examples of techniques to be used while working with senior pupils in order to form their discourse competence have been demonstrated.