Teaching Professionally Oriented Discussions to Pre-Service Teachers of English

У статті висвітлено проблему навчання майбутніх учителів англійської мови професійно орієнтованої дискусії. Методи дослідження: вивчення й аналіз літератури з методики навчання іноземної мови, досвіду провідних науковців із досліджуваної теми. Результатами дослідження є опис етапів навчання дискусії та класифікація підсистеми вправ, розроблена відповідно до запропонованих етапів. Практичне значення дослідження полягає в описі етапів і підбірці технологій/методів для навчання студентів професійно орієнтованої дискусії з метою подальшого використання цих технологій майбутніми вчителями.The article highlights the problem of teaching professionally oriented discussions to student teachers. The issues of active and passive learning principles have been studied in the article. The benefits of using active and interactive learning models as well as their role in teaching students have been studied and outlined. It has been proved that interactive form of learning is effective in the formation and development of students’ speaking skills. The aim of the article is to substantiate the stages and to describe the subsystem of exercises for teaching professionally oriented discussions to pre-service teachers. The following research methods: the method of study and analysis of theory, descriptive research and activity theory have been applied in the investigation. The role of the formation of future teachers’ communicative competence with the projection on the students’ ability to form and develop secondary school students’ speaking skills has been shown in the article. The results of the investigation present the description of the stages of teaching discussion with their characteristics and the classification of the subsystem of exercises developed according to the suggested stages. The practical significance of the research is stipulated by the fact that the results of the investigation present the description of the stages of teaching discussions which can be used by instructors with the aim of developing student teacher’ speaking skills. Techniques and methods for working on professionally oriented texts aimed at the formation and development of speaking skills have been selected and presented in the article. Peculiarities and advantages of developing future teachers’ speaking skills by the method of discussion have been revealed in the article. The use of the discussion method contributes to the formation and development of students’ speaking skills, the ability to cooperate, to exchange ideas and to develop students’ creativity. The efficacy of the subsystem of exercises has been tested at the workshops in the subject of “Methodology of teaching English at a secondary school” (second-year students, full-time department). Our further research will be dedicated to the development of the subsystem of exercises as well as compiling methods and techniques effective for the formation of pre-service teachers’ speaking skills through professionally oriented discussions