PRINCIPLES OF SELECTION OF AUTHENTIC MATERIALS IN THE FORMATION OF COMMUNICATIVE SKILLS AND ABILITIES OF STUDENTS IN THE PROCESS OF TEACHING ORAL SPEECH
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Akhundova Tahira Tahir
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The contemporary paradigm shift in foreign language pedagogy emphasizes the strategic transition from artificially modified instructional texts to authentic materials to minimize the operational gap between classroom settings and real-world communicative environments. This article systematically explores the theoretical foundations and methodological frameworks governing the targeted integration of authentic audio, visual, and textual materials within higher education systems. The study delineates five core didactic principles crucial for developing professional oral proficiency: communicative value and exploitability, linguistic accessibility, sociocultural relevancy, cognitive interest, and thematic actuality.Furthermore, the paper examines how these principles interact with essential cognitive and affective vectors, focusing specifically on the internal psychological mechanisms of speech automatization, the cultivation of self-sustaining intrinsic motivation, and the strategic investment principle, which accounts for the learner's expenditure of time, physical effort, personal contribution, and cognitive ability.
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