THE ROLE OF PROJECT AND RESEARCH ACTIVITIES IN THE PROCESS OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE EDUCATION OF THE GIFTED PERSONALITY

The article deals with the issues of using project and research technologies for the formation and development of a gifted person in the process of foreign languages teaching. The formation of a student's communicative culture in both his native and foreign languages is unthinkable without the general development of his personality, since in the process of communication, its participants not only reveal their communicative qualities, but are also formed as personalities, assimilating historical, cultural experience, getting to know social norms and values of another nation.A certain system of work with intellectually gifted students based on the idea of realizing personal development as the main priority in teaching and upbringing has been created in the Republic of Belarus. Actualization of the creation of an educational environment for the development of a gifted person in teaching a foreign language occurs both in the classroom and in the process of extracurricular work.An important direction in the work in the field of the formation of a gifted personality is the organization of project and research activities, which ensures the development of creative potential, makes it possible to enrich the experience of interacting with other people, to form teamwork skills, to develop individual abilities, interests and inclinations, the cognitive activity of students, to increase their motivation for education.Thus project and research activities contain a huge potential, since in the process of this type of activities a gifted person’s educational and cognitive skills, which allow developing the ability of thinking outside the box, are improved. Students engaged in research activities are distinguished by productivity and originality of thinking, flexibility of decisions, and the ability to put forward and develop their own ideas, which gives them the opportunity to become competitive in a constantly changing world.Keywords: gifted personality, higher education, foreign language education, educational environment, project technology, research activities, professional development, educational and cognitive skills.