EMOTIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL COMPONENT OF THE PROCESS OF TEACHING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE AS A FACTOR OF INCREASING ITS EFFICIENCY
Statement of the problem. It is universally recognized that a calm, friendly atmosphere, a positive students’ mood, their interest in the studied subject make the process of learning more efficient. Consequently, it seems rational to consider in detail the main factors that constitute a good emotional and psychological atmosphere of a foreign language lesson at a technical university, and to develop their typological classification. Results. It is determined that the emotional and psychological component of a foreign language lesson is formed out of a combination of various factors that can be attributed to three different types according to their basic properties: psychological factors, didactic factors and linguistic factors. The factors of each of the type described have a different impact on the students. The psychological factors help them feel comfortable and free at a lesson. The didactic and linguistic factors contribute to arising students’ interest in the studied topic, ensure their concentration on the lesson, and facilitate their perception, understanding and assimilation of the educational material. Conclusion. In the context of the activity- and competence-based approach to the teaching process, the main goal of which is to train a competitive specialist who is in need at the labor market, the best result of the educational process can be achieved only in a favorable emotional and psychological atmosphere of the lesson. It derives from a mutual respect between a teacher and students, the teacher's interest in students as individuals, the interest towards their inner world, as well as the democratization of teaching methods. The fruitful cooperation of all the participants of the educational process is impossible without taking into account the peculiarities of the perception of the information by the modern “digital” generation of students, without a creative approach to the organization of educational activities and to the educational material used at the lesson.