DEVELOPMENT OF REFLECTIVE COMPETENCE OF STUDENTS IN THE PROCESS OF INTERACTIVE TEACHING OF A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

The article is devoted to the problem of developing students' reflexive thinking and excessive cognitive skills in order to prepare them for effective professional activity in modern conditions. Critical thinking, readiness for creativity, reflective abilities, and the ability to self-regulate are no less than the professional knowledge obtained in the study of special subjects. The evolution of approaches to reflectivecompetence and reflective methods in teaching is noted. Learning a foreign language can greatly contribute to the development of the intellectual apparatus of a student's personality due to the realization of the integral connection between thinking and speech, communication and cognitive processes.