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Journal of Critical Reviews

ISSN- 2394-5125 Vol 7, Issue 5, 2020

Review Article

DEFINING COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE IN TEACHING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

Irsaliyeva Madina Anvarbek qizi, Xidirova Zuhra Po'latovna, Agzamova Zamira Izzatulayevna,
Amirova Aqida Tursunbayevna,

Lecturers of National Univerity of Uzbekistan after named Mirzo Ulugbek

Received: 13.01.2020 Revised: 21.02.2020 Accepted: 27.03.2020

Abstract
The article discusses the importance of Communicative Competence in Teaching Foreign Languages, Communicative
Communication as a Communicative Unit, Communicative Teaching Methods, Essentials of Communicative Language Teaching,
Basic Principles, Use of Conditional Speech, Grammar Problems, and analyzes textual speech exercises.

Key words: academic science teacher, higher education, foreign language professional communicative competence, foreign
languages, improving speaking skills, Communicative Teaching Methods.

© 2019 by Advance Scientific Research. This is an open-access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.31838/jcr.07.05.50

INTRODUCTION activities in the context of the "social interaction" of the


There are many different approaches to learning English, and communicating people. (IA Zimnyaya, GA). Kitaygorodskaya,
one of them is a communicative approach. The main focus of A.A. Leontyev). Dialogue participants try to solve real and
this communicative method of teaching English is to help fictitious tasks of collaboration using a foreign language.
language practice, fear and avoid language barriers.
A.A. Leontiev points out: "Strictly speaking, speech activity
Communicative method appeared in Britain in the 60-70's. It does not exist. There is only a complete system of theoretical,
was then that English became an international language. At intellectual, or partial practical speech actions that are part of
that time, there were techniques such as grammar translation, any activity."
audio linguistics, and more. They all had their disadvantages
and concluded that people who learn English as a foreign From the perspective of I.A. In winter, "speech activity is an
language do not meet their needs. What these people needed active, purposeful, language tool and communication process,
was not a systematic and profound study of the language, but a a process where people interact with one another (3), p. 93]
practical application of what they learned. In it, people who The author concludes, therefore, that the teaching of speech
learned English did not speak well and knew nothing about activity in a foreign language must be conducted
oral ethics. That is, they felt uncomfortable during real independently, as determined by the fullness of its features.
communication. The purpose of this method was to teach A feature of activity-based learning is that its purpose and
people how to communicate in real life. The method used substance are, first of all, associated with a particular type of
many of the methods used previously. speech activity, so we can use it to teach reading, listening,
This method is different because other fiction texts and texts translation, and so on. We use it widely. And when we know
that students learn in other ways are replaced by dialogues in one way or another, the way we teach a foreign language in
everyday life. Students beat them to speak to each other, that general, we find the main features of our teaching activities.
is to provoke the other person. "Hi, my name is Safiya." I live in According to E.I. The author of a passive, communicative
London. I'm a student "instead of learning" Dating "where they approach states that “communication refers to the direction of
get to know each other, ask each other questions, discuss speech in the learning process, not the achievement of the
something. So students develop their ability to use the practical purpose of speech (which is the same in all
language spontaneously.The topics should be close and directions, past and present). There is. practical use of
interesting to students. language itself. Orientation to practical speech is not only a
Communicative differs from other existing methods because goal but also a dialectically interdependent tool."
students who do not know how to complete the lesson, who or M.B. Rachmaninus points out: "The speech partner is largely
how to answer the other question, all depend on the situation. dependent on the communicative behaviors of the teacher,
New topics for discussion, new exercises for each lesson. This which is ultimately part of the speech orientation of learning
is done to ensure that students are diverse and at the same and is related to the active nature of communication", 3. p. 53].
time keep them from learning. In fact, communication is taught at all stages of learning. But
Students mostly communicate during the lessons, but writing there are a number of ideas that require special training. Thus,
and reading are also time consuming. Teachers just try to it plays a particular role for the ability to communicate: the
listen, direct student activities, do exercises. The teacher only ability to connect, shorten, and continue the relationship; the
watches as students begin to actively discuss something. ability to pursue their strategic orientation in communication,
the ability to do so in tactics that are in conflict with other
LITERATURE REVIEW communication strategies; the ability to account for new
Y.M. Kolker elaborates on the following statement: "In recent (simultaneously new) speech partners, partner roles, or
decades, traditional methods of teaching foreign languages changes in communication; ability to predict the behavior of
have been at odds with communicative and intensive speech partners, their statements, and the consequences of a
methods." particular situation.

Communicative teaching of foreign languages is of an active At the current stage of teaching foreign languages, many
nature, since communication is carried out through "speech linguists view communication as the most effective and
activity", which in turn, helps to solve the problems of human criticize traditional methods that work from the principle of
"switching from grammar to glossary and then reinforcement

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exercises." Artificially created exercises do not mimic the are difficult to learn a foreign language right away. In addition,
language user, and the one who learns the language exactly the following disadvantages can be highlighted.
this way is more quiet than pronouncing the wrong phrase.
And "communicative", by contrast, is called "exposing" the • Complete abandonment of the native language, which is
language. compulsory by the method of communicative teaching, can
create stress for uneducated students.
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY • Exercises exclude the possibility of working individually with
The benefits of a communicative approach a teacher in pairs and in groups.
It is believed that the best communicative method of teaching • A teacher who uses communicative teaching techniques
English is to help those who have a lexical-grammatical base of cannot give enough attention and time to each pair / group.
language acquired at school, university, or main courses. Plus,
the advantage: Particular attention is paid to the organization of classes in a
foreign language classroom or office, the creation of a
• Students speak English from the first lesson. communication environment, a communicative environment,
the organization of group lessons for students, the pairing and
The communicative technology of teaching English offers individual work of students, and the formation of groups and
students access to the English language environment from the pairs. management activities during training sessions.
first lesson. If you've never imagined how to speak English,
then after the first lesson, you can learn dozens of phrases and A separate set of recommendations is aimed at developing
apply them in conversation. students' semantic cognition and foreign language skills. Here,
the key factors that determine the processes of perception and
• Language barrier. comprehension are carefully explained: knowledge of the
Without any hesitation, literary speech is the main goal of a world, knowledge of the subject / subject, grammar and
communicative approach. The language barrier is created if vocabulary of the language being studied, the context or
the student is afraid of making mistakes or cannot get rid of activities of the presentation of language and speech material.
the accent. The communicative method works very well Educational and methodological support of the processes of
because almost all of the lessons are devoted to perception and understanding of foreign language materials is
communication practice. At the same time, the teacher will provided by three forms of student admissions activities:
correct your mistakes and encourage students who are not 1) Teaching your audience before listening to a foreign
afraid to express their thoughts in English. language or reading a foreign language;
• The shelf 2) learning activities during listening or reading the text;
3) reading activity by listening or reading comprehension.
If you want to speak Russian as fast and confidently as
possible, you can enroll in English for communicative courses. Compared to our teaching practice, it is of particular interest
In class you talk about what you face every day: everyday to students to produce their texts in excuses as a result of their
problems, talking to friends, discussing news and more. This is efforts to enhance their knowledge, interests, and experiences
why you develop the ability to communicate in English as your in the form of brainstorming, perception, and creative activity.
mother tongue. Undoubtedly, pre-textual activity of the audience is guided by
the content and nature of the foreign language sample
• Good language understanding. provided by the teacher in the textual phase. Accordingly,
comparisons are made between students and textbooks
In the courses, you not only talk but also listen to other
created by students. In this context, all types of communicative
students. In order to have a full dialogue, students need to
relationships are implemented - collaborative discussion,
understand what the speaker is talking about. So you know
decision-making, practical problem-solving, self-esteem and
how to listen. Later you can watch the movies in the original,
self-esteem, beyond the context of texts, and life. transition to
listen to music and understand it without any problems, as
a situation and more.
well as freely talk to strangers.
A complete set of requirements for the selection of texts for
• Expand your vocabulary quickly.
reading and listening, their content, types, and authenticity are
In English classes, communication technology is designed for provided. At the same time, the factors associated with the
those who want to learn English quickly and communicate presentation and handling of texts are analyzed, highlighting
with others. Therefore, during the first month of training, you possible and real difficulties in perception.
will learn about 50-70% of the words you use every day in
Recommendations for the development, development and
English. Throughout the course, you will expand your
enhancement of foreign language listening include
vocabulary to between 3,000 and 4,000 words, which is
methodologies and exercises for all stages of working with
enough for travel, business trips, communications and even
foreign language samples: pre-text (before listening), text
news updates.
(listening), text (post) - listening activities. .
• Available almost everywhere.
During the pretext stage, students learn about the type of text
Communicative style is so popular that it is used in almost all to be heard and the nature of the material (message, narrative,
language centers. In addition, the cost of the course is very low description, interview, etc.). They can then be invited to: basic
as students do not need expensive textbooks or additional information for the text; Recommendations on text reception,
grammar lessons. You need live communication and a cheerful its difficulties; brief, concise, oral presentation of the text;
mood. photos or drawings that reflect the content of the text;
keywords and phrases; discussion of the text topic; read
• Fun and simple lessons. resumes for later use in hearing loss; reading parallel
Old school topics that are boring bones are not used in the compressed / short text; The task of filling in the spaces in the
lessons. Learners engage in fun activities: they play printed text (transcript).
educational games, communicate and help each other. There is
no time to skip these courses. In addition, students are given The following types of tasks and exercises are offered to
less homework. Therefore, anyone can learn English in this students during the text preparation phase: 1) question and
way. answer ("right or wrong / don't know" from many of the
suggested answers, free answers); 2) discovery (text type
The disadvantages of the method definition, context definition - who, what, where, when, why,
Like any foreign language learning method, communication etc. The common purpose of partners and communicative
has its drawbacks. The main disadvantage is that it is very intentions of partners, keywords, assessment of used language
difficult for beginners to understand grammatical basics that units and speech means); 3) ordering in the appropriate

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sequence according to the content of mismatched images and 6) listening to texts on the same topic as pre-listening (for
establishing correspondence between short texts and example, broadcasting on a radio or television story that is the
conversations, oral and written texts (pictures, pictures, etc.); subject of a newspaper presentation for further reading);
4) follow directions (e.g., map directions, add a map or image, 8) presenting the text in the form of a systematized grid or
add details to the picture, determine the difference between diagram;
printed and oral text, items in the picture or diagram, and 9) to suggest what new information may appear in the text
specify details, take specific actions, enter the information you based on existing knowledge and experience;
hear on the grid (grid), fill out the form, fill out a table, write a 10) act on the main points of the proposed topic during
phone message (message), write something using keywords, brainstorming and express your thoughts;
highlight the main points of the discussion, In order to tell, of 11) disagreement or disagreement with evidence consistent
course, so to speak, they have created thoughts, feelings), with a number of statements made by the teacher on the
speech "bubbles" (5), and 5) pause, punctuation and subject;
intonation. signs, stress, emphasis on printed text is not 12) predicting the subject matter and content of the text using
compatible with the text; 6) interpretation of the material keywords and changes in the topic;
received by the ear (signs, features, relationships, etc.); 7) 13) Prepare your own text or anticipated events in the text
ending speech and filling in gaps (accept, play, fill in speech, based on keywords;
restore, add and expand dialog replays, fill in story or story, 14) Write a story (text) to compare it with the original, based
"correction" "- patchwork - listening to different parts of the on the submitted photos, photos or the title of the newspaper.
text) Such a set of methods, tasks, and exercises really help
build students' listening and communicative and receptive It is recommended that you use the following techniques,
skills. This is suitable as a reference for organizing and tasks, and exercises in the process of preparing the text: value-
managing the audit process. taking, question-and-answer, language units, comparison and
positioning of parts, adherence to instructions, comparison,
In the next step, students will be able to think about the title of expression, filling, and filling. suggestions, decision-making
the text they are listening to, compose new texts, read the and problem solving, problem situations and tasks.
questions, resume the text, describe or eliminate possible
occurrences of the text, and give an overview of the events in
At the next level, students are offered the following tasks: to
the text. , be invited to express their views on various points.
express their attitude to the topic or topic of the text; compare
I'll tell you, describe the actor's personality and so on. When
with your own experience; discussion and discussion of
language and speech materials are correct, listeners are asked
different interpretations of the text; make different text
to group or group words, analyze and systematize their use.
changes - dramatize it, present it in the form of a role play,
language material, pay attention to the presentation features
interview with the writer; creation of new text based on
of the material.
analogy, elaboration or expansion of its thematic content;
The same block of advice includes listening to the video Comment on the text or show the content of the text with
(viewing and viewing). The emphasis here is on combining episodes in your life, including magazine photos and more.
dynamic image and frame (freezing frames) and rearranging rearranging or re-creating the text using keywords; writing a
video sequences in audio and vice versa. These are methods resume; Use text to learn grammar and vocabulary, to find
based on different options for displaying asynchronous sound synonyms and antonyms.
and visual arrays ("watching"). Unfortunately, the
recommendations in this section are far from potential CONCLUSION
assumptions and do not provide a thorough study of the As well as speech training recommendations, special attention
educational and methodological possibilities of using such is given to problems of fault tolerance and correction. It is
advanced technologies, which undoubtedly have great important to note that a flexible approach is offered based on
educational potential. the causes of errors, deviations and "pollution" of speech,
frequency of repetition, and the emotional response of
In general, according to the Council of Europe Program, students to the form of mass correction. It is advisable to
developing and improving speaking skills in foreign languages consider the stage of mastering the material in a foreign
is aimed at developing students' ability to hear and language. Mistakes must have rigorous control and correction
understand natural speech in accordance with their needs in training, and types of work done or carefully managed by
both in communicative speech and in foreign language. the teacher. Spontaneous, unprepared, free speech should be
provided in writing or in the media. In the second, because the dialectical, depending on how the response to the error
texts are not under the control of the audience, the interferes with communication. If the error is durable, it
communicative approach focuses on the use of the above should not be "broken" by the students' speech and
teaching methods, learning tasks and exercises in listening. communication to fix it, but it should be noted that a special
error should be corrected during delayed corrective action.
The next set of recommendations is devoted to the formation,
Such errors in foreign speech of learners should be eliminated
development and improvement of reading skills. The main
task here is to prepare students to read unfamiliar authentic step by step. The teacher and the student's attitude towards
texts without external support, to prepare what is read in mistakes must be positive and constructive - mistakes are
accordance with the various objectives of the activity at natural, and they help to properly master the language
sufficient speed and understanding. J. Schills states that an material and use it in communication.
autonomous student uses a variety of reading strategies based
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