TRAINING FUTURE TEACHERS TO IMPLEMENT A COMPETENCY-BASED APPROACH IN PRIMARY LANGUAGE EDUCATION

Introduction. The article deals with the problem of the competence approach implementation in primary language education − the formation of key and subject competencies of primary school pupils as an important condition for mastering the language as a means of communication, the development of personal qualities of a person, the ability to independently acquire new knowledge and solve educational and vital tasks. The essence of key competencies (fluency in the state language, lifelong learning, civic and social) and subject ones (linguistic and speech) in the structure of the key communicative competence is revealed; the content of the work on the mentioned competences is determined in the paper. The linguistic and didactic possibilities of the competence approach implementation are substantiated in the process of researching linguistic phenomena in two aspects: pupils' assimilation of the available and necessary amount of language knowledge and the development of speaking activity skills. Purpose. The author proposed exercises and tasks, the purpose of which is the competence approach implementation in the process of learning the Ukrainian language, pupils' mastery of the most important functional components of the language system (word, sentence, text), the use of language phenomena by primary school pupils in the process of speaking in accordance with the aim and conditions of communication; linguistic and speaking exercises are presented, aimed at enriching the vocabulary of primary school pupils, developing interest and attention to the native word, striving to improve their speaking. Results. The recommendations on forming some components of civic and social competences are given (the ability to act in life situations according to social norms and rules, to realize themselves as citizens of Ukraine; to know state and Ukrainian national symbols, traditions, national holidays, etiquette rules of communication) in Ukrainian language lessons. Conlusion. The study convinces us that preparing students for the implementation of a competence-based approach in primary language education requires a deep mastery of theoretical knowledge of the methods of teaching the Ukrainian language based on a combination of lectures and practical (laboratory) classes with independent work, solving problematic issues of competence-based learning, introducing an interactive type of activity organization, methods of information retrieval into the educational process, forming future teachers' aspirations for professional self-realization in the modern world.