THE FORMATION OF COMMUNICATION-ORIENTED STRATEGIC COMPETENCE OF ORAL SPEECH IN STUDENTS IN TEACHING ENGLISH

The formation of students’ communicative strategic competence in oral English speech is one of the main theoretical and methodological directions of foreign language teaching at the higher education level. Communicative competence is a set of knowledge, skills and action strategies that ensure effective communication and information exchange in a given cultural context. This competence is complex in nature and combines such components as adequate maintenance of communicative distance, quick response to changes in the tone of communication, mastering the knowledge and social behavior norms expected from the bearer of a particular culture, organization of speech acts in accordance with the topic, as well as the purposeful application of socially accepted communication formulas. In addition, it also requires the optimal use of verbal and non-verbal means necessary for effective interaction, appropriate to the situation. Developing students’ communicative-strategic competence during English language teaching in higher education is of great importance in terms of supporting their social-spiritual development, strengthening the humanistic content of education, and realizing the communicative potential of each student to the maximum level. For this reason, the main goal of teaching English at the university is to form students’ communicative and strategic competence in oral speech, to develop them as individuals who can actively participate in intercultural communication and independently improve their communicative activities.