Project technology as a means of realization competence-oriented approach in teaching English

Ways of design methodologies implementation for foreign language teaching. The article deals with the problem of design methodologies at foreign language lessons. Various aspects of design methodologies, its stages and kinds of its activity are given. The influence of the method on pupils' communication skills and the level of their practical knowledge of a foreign language are analyzed. The aim of design methodologies is the development of pupils' creative abilities and encouraging of their independent productive learning activities. According to the author's opinion the implementation of design methodologies for teaching foreign language allows to improve the learning process, increase pupils' motivation potential and have a command of a foreign language. A topic-centred and activity-based approach was followed, with tasks aiming at linking new learning experiences and vocabulary to what had been already known about a topic. Designing game-based material for language learning can be understood as a process that involves three basic levels: a practice level, an organization level and a production level. For this purpose, two basic types of games were included: a) outdoor physical games and b) constructions, such as sorting, ordering, or arranging puzzles, labeling games (match labels and pictures), which also involved movement. The project was coordinated in two major phases: in the first "warm-up" phase, which was extended in a period of three months, a visual approach was followed in order to familiarize children with certain words and simple common phrases in English. The second one, which was the basic phase of the intervention, was conducted twice per week and lasted sixteen weeks.