Abstract

This article is devoted to the features of teaching a foreign language through educational activities at junior high school age. It has been established that language acquisition becomes more effective with the intensive development of thinking among cognitive processes in primary school age. The article presents a system of special auxiliary activities for teachers in mastering a foreign language and confirms that didactic games are an effective tool. In addition, the concept of a sensitive period was explained and information about the sensitive periods of early childhood, preschool and primary school age was analyzed

Keywords

primary school age; sensitive period; foreign language; training; upbringing; formation; student; teacher

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