SPEAKING SKILLS DEVELOPMENT IN ESL E-LEARNING EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT

The article focuses on the peculiarities of teaching speaking in e-learning educational environment, which today is a must for organizing educational process of high quality. The material to analyze is based on the on-line part of the course "Foreign language practice (English)", worked for the students of Bachelor's Program "Pedagogical Education (double major) and Second Foreign language" (5 years, full-time) of Kazan Federal University. The status of foreign language teachers has always been high, since they play an important role in fostering cross-cultural communication, in promoting tolerance and bridging nations and countries. It is up to teachers to make students understand the essence of successful communication that lies in respecting the diversity of cultures, peoples, nations, and languages. Being culturally competent is of great importance to this goal (MINGAZOVA; MELLO; GAFIYATOVA, 2017). The course "Foreign language practice (English)" is located on the platform edu.kpfu.ru. Special attention is paid to the implementation of a communicative approach when teaching how to speak, considering the individual educational trajectory of the student or the study group. In addition, the research gives the gist of the theoretical analysis and the results of the experimental testing of the approaches of teaching how to speak, the effectiveness of the methods used when forming speaking skills of the students. Thus, we could state that when teaching how to speak in e-learning educational environment, it is necessary to conduct preparatory stages in the form of studying and training new vocabulary online, which leads to the possibility to give more time to group forms of work during face-to-face classes. The groundwork and analysis of the selected factual material indicate that, teaching how to speak can be effectively carried out online, if certain requirements are met, such as the use of a communicative approach, the proper organization of individual and group work, high self-discipline and motivation of the student and the teacher. The use of e-learning educational environment can improve the quality of formation on speaking skills in higher educational institution.