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The article deals with the issue of improving the process of organizing the pre-service teaching as one of the priority conditions for developing future primary school teachers’ professional competence. It is determined that the effective way of solving this problem is to form the future teachers’ successful pedagogical experience while both studying at the university and having teaching practice. The emphasis is on the effectiveness of the praxeological approach. The authors claim that the coverage of various aspects of organizing the teaching practice, research and systematic analysis of theoretical foundations and problems of different directions have long been in sight of scholars; it is proved by the detailed analysis of scientific works by foreign and native scholars. The stage-by-stage implementation of the praxeological approach to the organization of the assistant practice for Master students of the specialty “Primary Education” and its influence on the professional development of future specialists are highlighted.

The article is devoted to the relevant issue – comparative analysis of traditional and innovative methods of teaching English at tertian institutions for improving future specialists’ foreign language training in the context of reforming of the modern educational system. The relevance of studied problem is proved by investigating the pedagogical and methodological works of Ukrainian and foreign scientists (N. Galskova, K. Dolinska, V. Zaborovskyi, S. Nikolaieva, O. Tarnopolskyi). It is noted that the Ukrainian system of foreign language education takes into account the advanced European and world experience. The article aims at disclosing the features of implementing the innovative methods of teaching English in comparison with traditional ones. The author points out that the history of development of foreign language education started in XIX century and translation methods were preferred which later were replaced by the communicative approach. The emphasis is made on the fact that implementing of the standards in the sphere of education are conditioned by two factors: the social order of the society, which is a strategic reference point for language policy in the field of foreign language learning, as well as the level of development of the theory and practice of teaching English, that creates the appropriate context for applying new methodological ideas. It is proved that current state of the society development requires training of a highly skilled specialist who knows the foreign language. Being the language of intercultural communication, English is considered to be not the ultimate goal of learning, but a means of professional communication of future specialists in different areas of knowledge. It is noted that such an approach contributes to overcoming barriers in students’ communication and the empowerment of students’ mobility. The innovative trends in teaching English at tertian institutions are the following: using the authentic content, content and language integrated learning; developing social and cultural competence on the principle of culture dialogue; transformation of the style of interaction between a teacher and a student; implementing online education.

The problem of integration in the primary school is relevant as it is necessary to form the students’ holistic world picture and the skills that they need in real everyday life. English is a universal learning subject that integrates with other subjects at both content and procedural levels. The purpose of the paper is to single out the main content lines and the ways of integrating the learning subject “Foreign languages” with the other learning branches of primary school in the context of “New Ukrainian School” concept. In the article the essence of the concept “integration” is defined. The classification of different integration types is made. The author singles out inner disciplinary and interdisciplinary integration. The inner disciplinary integration in English classes is made through combining language content of phonetics, grammar and vocabulary and communicative content in reading, speaking, listening and writing. The interdisciplinary integration is realized through combining content lines and teaching methods of English and other primary school subjects. The vertical and horizontal integration also takes place in English classes in primary school. The author emphasizes on the advantages of horizontal integration as it has a longer period of implementing content lines of different subjects. Horizontal interdisciplinary connections are thought to be the most optimal form of integration when there are significant differences in the conceptual approaches to the system of structuring the learning material in different subjects as well as the specifics of each discipline. It is also proved the integrative courses are aimed at establishing and maintaining a permanent relationship between the knowledge in different subject. The main horizontal content lines in primary school subjects are identified. In the conclusion the author summarizes purposeful and consistent interrelation of teaching a foreign language with subjects of other learning subjects in the system of primary education, the integrated nature of English increases the manageability of the educational process and its effectiveness. The content plan for teaching children enlarges due to the expansion of the subject knowledge.

The article is devoted to the problem of implementing drama techniques into the process of developing young learners’ rhythmic and intonation skills. The main task of learning the foreign language is using it as a mean of pupils’ communication in oral and written forms. The author proves that drama techniques integrate successfully all types of speech activities. It is specified that this method transfers the focus from teaching grammatically correct speech to training clear and effective communication. The author emphasizes on that sentence stress and speed of speech has the greatest influence on the rhythm. The application of these drama techniques are thought to increase primary school pupils’ level of motivation to master the language skills perfectly, it provides a positive psychological climate in English classes. The teachers’ role has a tendency to minimizing. They act as facilitators. In author’s opinion if they do impose the authority implementing drama activities into the classroom, the educational value of drama techniques will be never gained. It is also disclosed that rhythmic and intonation skills shouldn’t be formed spontaneously, the process of their development has to be conducted in certain stages (presentation and production) to make pupils’ speech fluent and pronunciation clear, introducing the exercises based on drama techniques. At the stage of presentation the following exercises have the most methodological value: speed dictations, dictogloss, asking questions to practise recognizing word boundaries, matching phrases to stress patterns, marking stresses and weak forms, authentic listening. At production stage they suggest using exercises like play reading and play production. The following pieces of drama texts are recommended to be applied for teaching primary school children: jazz chants, poems, scripted plays and simple scenes from different movie genres. It is also proved that drama techniques and activities contribute to development of skills of self-assessing by young learners their level of rhythmic and intonation skills.

The aim of the article is to study the role of linguistic country studying content in learning the English language and the ways of forming primary schoolchildren’s linguistic country studying competence. According to reforming the system of foreign language education in Ukraine it should be selected in the context of intercultural paradigm. Linguistic country study solves a number of problems, including the main philological problem of adequate understanding of the foreign speech which is the basis of linguistics. While interpreting the foreign speech, pupils should understand it, selecting the appropriate equivalents in the native language. The author thinks that authentic linguistic country studying materials contribute to the qualitative understanding and producing foreign speech. The stages of the work with authentic content are presented in the article. The author singles out the following stages: incentive-motivational one includes the forming communicative tasks and increases the pupils’ level of motivation; content-operational stage aims at presenting and semantization of new lexical items and the use of training exercises; concluding one is focused on using lexical items in pupils’ speech. The examples of practical tasks are given for each stage. Linguistic country studies deal with the linguistic units that most clearly reflect the cultural characteristics of the people – native speakers and their living place. Thereby lingvoregional aspect of sociocultural competence in the English language teaching involves lexical background vocabulary and national realias. It is proved that using linguistic country studying comments intensifies the process of mastering background vocabulary and national realias of English-speaking countries, which are the components of sociocltural competence and provide forming pupils’ communicative skills at the elementary level.

The mass implementation of digital technology in professional activity and everyday life causes increasing demands for training future teachers who are responsible for preparing the young generation to participate efficiently in modern society. Thus, the article reveals the relevant issue of future teachers’ professional development through implementing digital competence framework. The development of teachers’ digital competence is a target of a number of foreign and Ukrainian researchers. The theoretical determination of the concept “digital competence” and “digital literacy” are represented in works by D. Belshaw, P. Gilster, N. Hockly, N. Sonck, S. Livingstone, E. Kuiper and others. Terminological clarification of these concepts are highlighted in the researches of Ukrainian scientists (V. Bykov, L. Havrilova, O. Danylchuk, M. Zhaldak, A. Kolomiiets, O. Sysoieva, I. Smyrnov, O. Spirin and others).The purpose of the paper is to present the theoretical justification of the digital competence framework for future teachers and in such a way to contribute to their professional development.In this paper, the author proves that digital competence is a constituent part of professional competence. The structure of digital competence is characterized and visualized. It contains the following elements: ICT fluency; data, information and media literacy; digital self-development; communication, networking, participating; digital innovation and creation. The detailed analysis of European Framework for Digital Competence of Educators shows the elements of the competence, such as professional engagement, digital resources, teaching and learning, assessment, empowering learners, and facilitating learners’ digital competence. The author emphasizes on the necessity to include the following element to the framework: motivation and positive self-perception, new methodologies for digital competence development. As they are essentioal for implementing digital technologies in educational process, as well as allows to establish indicators for evaluating the level of its development.It is concluded that regarding to the different aspects of future teachers’ digital competence, which we have expounded on in this paper, clearly reflects all the demands, which should be taken into consideration, while designing digital competence framework for educators in Ukraine according to educational reforming and upgrading process, as well as the relationship that must be established between the major components of teachers’ digital competence.