DEVELOPMENTAND IMPROVEMENT OF SPEAKING SKILLS IN THE PROCESS OF TEACHING ENGLISH: THEORETICAL ASPECT
The article presents a comprehensive study of methods aimed at increasing the level of motivation to learn English. The author examines the concepts of motive and motivation, separates external and internal motivation. The article analyzes scientific works on the stated problem. Special attention is paid in the article to the project method as a factor influencing the motivation of students when learning English. The author focuses on the peculiarities of motivation to learn English among junior students, emphasizing its insufficient level due to the lack of formation of learning goals and the predominance of external motivation, which, according to the author of the article, is ineffective. Project activities, from the author's point of view, develop skills of independent search for solutions, analysis and processing of educational material, which contributes to the development of internal motivation that determines the success of learning English.