THE ROLE OF INTERACTIVE METHODS IN DEVELOPING STUDENTS’ LINGUISTIC COMPETENCE IN MOTHER TONGUE LESSONS

This theoretical and methodological study examines how interactive teaching methods can support the development of linguistic competence in mother tongue education. Drawing on Uzbek educational standards and international scholarship in sociocultural learning, communicative competence, formative assessment, cooperative learning and active learning, the article synthesizes mechanisms through which dialogue, problem-based tasks, peer interaction, language analysis and feedback can enhance grammatical awareness and functional language use. A structured narrative review and comparative pedagogical analysis were applied; no classroom experiment or learner-level quantitative dataset was collected. The results are presented as an evidence-informed instructional framework connecting specific interactive techniques with observable linguistic outcomes and assessment indicators. The framework emphasizes task authenticity, explicit linguistic objectives, accessibility, feedback quality and alignment with curriculum standards. Its proposed classroom application and evaluation criteria require subsequent empirical validation in Uzbek-language classrooms.