Project activities in professional training of bachelors of the pedagogical University (on the example of the profile «Foreign language»)

The article shows the project activity as one of the most important method in the system of professional training of bachelors in the process of teaching a foreign language. Project activities have both a number of requirements and a certain sequence of actions. The authors of the paper consider the role of system-activity and communicative methods to project activity development. The system-activity method is based on the principles that are necessary for the organization of the pro-long process of learning the activity paradigm of higher education. The communicative method of teaching is fundamental in the modern methodics of teaching foreign languages. The article presents the classification of projects, describes the basic requirements for the implementation of projects. The main type of projects used in teaching a foreign language at the University is a creative project, as they do not require a detailed structure of joint activities of students. The implementation of a creative project in a foreign language class involves a modular approach. Each module is aimed at the development of skills in various types of speech activity and contributes to the formation of communicative competence and comprehensive development of the students ' personality. The results of the study can serve as a basis for further study of project activities in the process of teaching foreign languages.