Experience in final assessment of English language skills in adult learners

The present study considers the experience in final assessment of English language skills in adult learners (scientific researchers) which is performed within the staff training programs. The significance of this study is due to a necessity to find an optimum format to assess speaking skills in adult learners and to improve the quality of adult education. The aim of the present work is to analyze the existing experience of final assessment of communicative competency formed in adult learners, shown on the example of an open air event “Going to a picnic” and to emphasize the advantages of the abovementioned format and possible challenges. The results show that the open air format of control allows teachers to correctly assess the learners' ability to communicate in English, and the learners, in turn, are able to successfully demonstrate their achievements. The present event recreates a real situation of communication in English, which solves the problem of language anxiety in adult learners and their non-acceptance of the situations which are connected with control, with all this increasing the learners' self-esteem and stimulating creativity and interest to the English language.