Abstract:

Today, we see the requirements employers make and what HR specialists look at when selecting employees for a vacant position – and it is the ability to think critically and the creativity in approaching tasks. Therefore, the fundamental goal of modern education is to reveal the potential of our generation (including the younger one), to help them develop previously mentioned abilities and skills, because it is essential for today’s developed and advanced society.

The article examines the use of project activities during English lessons in developing students' communicative competence at the advance stage of training.
The relevance of this study lies in the possibility of forming students communicative skills through project activities, which meets the requirements of our society and takes into account the psychophysiological properties of the students' personalities.

The purpose of the study is to identify, justify and verify the effectiveness of project activities in the formation of speech skills during teaching a foreign language, i.e. English. To achieve the set goal the following research methods were used: study and analysis of methodological and pedagogical literature; conducting an English lesson with the introduction of project activities into the educational process; studying the experience of teachers using this method, observing the lessons they conducted; searching and selecting the necessary materials for developing a lesson plan and conducting it for students of the 10th grade; pedagogical survey.

In the course of the study, including an online survey with the use of a Google form and live communication with students, we were able to get feedback on the quality of the lesson and the goals we set. As a result, our experiment confirmed the high efficiency of project activities for the speech skills development - i.e. communicative competence - in students of the 10th grade. We were able to identify the advantages of this technique and the difficulties that may rise when working with students, directly from the students themselves.

The practical significance of the study is that the results of the survey materials and a set of tasks can be used at the English lessons in high school.
In this study the attention was focused on a high school, but further research would provide opportunities for analyzing the use of project activities at the secondary stage of education as well.

Keywords:

Project activity, high school students, pedagogical survey, communicative competence.