USING THE PROJECT METHOD TO IMPROVE THE EFFICIENCY OF A FOREIGN LANGUAGE LESSON

The article discusses the theoretical significance of the project method in foreign language lessons. It theoretically substantiates the possibility of a more effective way of improving the communicative competence of students at the middle stage of teaching foreign languages using the project method. The possibility of using the project method to improve motivation, the development of the cognitive interests of students, the abilities of self - and mutual assessment was revealed, and criteria for external assessment of all types of projects were developed based on the parameters existing in the methodology. The typology of projects in foreign languages has been clarified.