PRINCIPLES OF FORMING FOREIGN LANGUAGE COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE OF PROSPECTIVE TEACHERS OF ENGLISH

The article deals with the stages of foreign language communicative competence which is dominant in mastering a foreign language by prospective teachers of English. The aim of the article is to consider the stages of foreign language communicative competence, to describe basic communication skills, to define requirements for the organization and holding speech classes in a foreign language. It is set the interrelation of communicative competence and sociocultural knowledge that help to effective person's socialization in new foreign language environment. It is found out that communicative competence consolidates an ability to monologue and dialogue foreign language speech, to read, listen to and understand authentic texts. Also it is mentioned that communicative competence includes the ability to perform oral communication; the ability to understand the meaning of authentic listening texts; the ability to read and understand authentic texts of different genres and types with different levels of understanding the content, treating them as a source of diverse information and as a means of mastering it; the ability to communicate in written form in accordance with the given tasks; the ability to use the experience gained in the study of the native tongue, treating it as a means of learning a foreign language; the ability to use non-verbal means of communication if language means are available in different situations. The attention is focused on the components of foreign language competence and its role in forming the culture of foreign language communication. It is outlined requirements for the organization of training activities for the development of foreign language communicative competence of prospective teachers of English.