BUILDING AND DEVELOPMENT OF LINGUISTIC COMPETENCE OF NON_LINGUISTIC STUDENTS THROUGHT AUTHENTIC LYRICS MATERIAL
As the title implies the article describes an invaluable role of authentic English song in the formation and development of linguistic competence in the process of learning a foreign language. The problem of the authenticity «naturalness» in the teaching of foreign languages takes a special place. Authentic materials are considered as original literary and visual works of all genres, the realities of the country of the studied language, musical works creating illusions of familiarizing with the habitat of native speakers. Not intended for educational purposes, their effectiveness is an order of magnitude higher than authentic texts from textbooks, despite the smaller volume. The authenticity of the song is especially noted as the interrelationship between music and the mastery of a foreign language, as an effective way of influencing the feelings and emotions of the learner. Authentic song materials are treated as an example of a foreign speech that allows students to acquaint with the culture, traditions and customs of the native speaker, comparing with their national culture, thereby educating the students in a spirit of tolerance. They are also a fine material for interpreting, an effective auxiliary tool to ensure language fulfillment of its communicative function, and is one of the most important means of immersion in the natural speech environment at foreign language lessons significantly increasing students' motivation for learning a foreign language as a whole. The article gives a detailed analysis of realization of the objective through the song «The Blue Café» from the author's course book «English through the hits of the 20th century». The article may be of interest to teachers of English at higher and secondary schools.