Abstract:

The paper focuses on the development of communicative competences during education. Communicative competence is one of the key skills emphasised in the education systems of many countries. A high level of communicative skills can help an individual to have a better social and professional life. The authors of the paper look at mobile technologies as one of the possible tools that can improve the development of this competence. The first part of the paper describes the main theoretical areas and defines the basic concepts of this issue, describes the current situation in the field of development of communicative competences and discusses the current state of the art in addressing this issue. The way in which an individual's level of communicative skills can be determined is also analysed. Specific questionnaires used by the authors during the research part of this paper are analysed. The second part of the paper contains suggestions and a detailed description of activities that can develop communicative competence in primary school students. These activities are based on the use of mobile technology - this tool will be essential for the development of communicative competences. The individual activities are described in detail and the authors also present a methodological procedure for using these activities in teaching. The authors pay special attention to distance education as a response to the current situation and trends in education. The findings of this paper will serve as a basis for further continued research.

Keywords:

Mobile technology, communicative competences, mobile learning, primary school.