Discussion as a modern educational technology in teaching English

The main function of the education connected with foreign languages is to provide learners qualified knowledge according their future carrier. paper deals problem methodological organization teaching a language in form discussion. discussion provides more opportunities for intellectual and creative development schoolchildren through mastering communicative competence. chapter touches upon peculiarities competency-based approach, learning motivation use method teaching. responsibilities teacher at stages planning, moderating final stage are highlighted. Some examples using author’s materials lessons given. In research process, following methods were used: analysis generalization domestic pedagogical, psychological literature on languages; study pedagogical experience teachers Evseviev Mordovia State Pedagogical University quantitative qualitative data processing methods. effective good practice English speaking students. It helps develop students’ communication competence all levels language: phonetic, lexical grammatical.