Goals, content & principles of teaching foreign languages

WHAT ARE THE GOALS OF TEACHING ENGLISH AT SCHOOLS?

According to requirements of the State educational standards, the main goal of teaching a foreign language is to form communicative competence of learners at all levels with the aim of enabling them to express their ideas in daily work, including scientific and professional activities.

Goals of the English language teaching are determined by the tasks of all-round development of an individual and up-bringing of students as well as by requirements of the syllabus of a certain type of an educational stage.