PROVERBS AND SAYINGS AS AN EFFECTIVE MEANS OF DEVELOPING STUDENTS’ COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE IN DISCIPLINE "FOREIGN LANGUAGE"

The article discusses the issue of using proverbs and sayings as an effective means of practicing, consolidating and controlling the acquired knowledge, skills and abilities in the English language. The aim of the article is a theoretical analysis and practical generalization of experience of working with proverbs and sayings in practical classes in the discipline “Foreign Language” in higher educational organizations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. As a result of the stud, the author comes to the conclusion that working with proverbs in the process of practical mastery of the English language will contribute to the formation and development of students’ communicative competence through the assimilation of lexical and grammatical structures, the formation of active and passive vocabulary, as well as the development of translation skills.