Creating an operational framework in educational institutions as an indicator of the quality of foreign language proficiency

Importance. The purpose of the study is to identify the means of improving the quality of foreign language education through such a didactic tool as the creation of an operational basis for language and speech skills in the language. Purposeful and systematic work on linguistic aspects of the language can be an important tool in improving the methodology of teaching a non-native language. This presupposes, first of all, the correct and methodically justified formation of an operational basis for the functioning of speech activities. The operational framework presupposes rational and purposeful teaching of aspects of the language being studied (aspects of foreign language speech) in the form of phonetic, grammatical and lexical skills. This includes the process of developing spelling skills and reading techniques in the language being studied. The process of formation and conscious management of operations included in the structure of these types of skills can be considered as a tool for creating operational foundations. An important place in such work is given to: a) the purposeful formation of individual operations specific to foreign language skills; b) the interrelated formation of operations serving different types of speech activity; c) consideration of the role of interference and transference in their formation; d) reliance on psychological mechanisms that facilitate the process of creating the operational foundations of foreign language speech; e) widespread use of multi-purpose exercises in the educational process; f) involving ICT technologies and the didactic potential of artificial intelligence in the process of forming certain operations.

Research Methods. The starting point of the research is the work on the psychology of pedagogical activity of a foreign language teacher; theoretical works on teaching sides and types of speech activity in a foreign language. The author made his research activities based on the principle of consistency and functionality in improving the methodology of teaching a foreign language, including an operational basis formation for teaching a non-native language. These principles made it possible to offer practical teachers and teachers of other educational institutions ways to solve professional problems in finding didactically significant and reasonable ways, techniques and ways to achieve their goals in learning a non-native language, primarily through high-quality mastery of phonetic, grammatical and lexical skills and through high-quality work on the formation of significant operations included in their structure.

Theoretical Basis. The starting point of the research is the work on the psychology of pedagogical activity of a foreign language teacher; theoretical works on teaching sides and types of speech activity in a foreign language. The author made his research activities based on the principle of consistency and functionality in improving the methodology of teaching a foreign language, including the formation of an operational basis for teaching a non-native language. These principles made it possible to offer practical teachers and teachers of other educational institutions ways to solve professional problems in finding didactically significant and reasonable ways, techniques and ways to achieve their goals in learning a non-native language, primarily through high-quality mastery of phonetic, grammatical and lexical skills and through high-quality work on the formation of significant operations included in their structure.

Results and Discussion. Based on the results of the work done within the framework of this topic, the problem of improving the quality of foreign language education through the improvement of operations included in the structure of phonetic, grammatical and lexical skills, based on the psychological mechanisms of their formation and improvement, is scientifically substantiated. The data obtained can be used by the authors of textbooks on foreign languages that are currently in use in schools and universities or will be created in the future. Certain recommendations are also given to developers to create training and monitoring exercises involving the didactic potential of artificial intelligence.

Conclusion. As a result of the research, the author came to the following conclusions: 1. Foreign language speech skills are based on mastering and owning their material equipment in the form of linguistic and speech means – sound composition and intonation means of speech design, the grammatical structure of the language, the lexical stock of students. 2. Phonetic, grammatical, and lexical skills are complex intellectual activities. They consist of a system of actions and operations. Any operation in the structure of a particular type of skill represents a unit of activity, a way to perform such an action. 3. The functioning of different types of skills is provided by specific psychological mechanisms. The mechanisms themselves are also a set of specific operations. 4. The system of actions and operations during the formation of different types of skills ensures a decent level of proficiency in the language being studied, various speech actions and operations in the types of speech activity. 5. Artificial intelligence acts as a reliable means of controlling the operational structure of skills. “Machine intelligence” is able to control both individual operations and their complex of formed skills and speech skills.

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