PEDAGOGICAL- PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF DEVELOPING STUDENTS` FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNING ABILITIES

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Identifying alternative and variable methods for learning, understanding, perceiving, and retaining foreign languages is a key factor in improving the effectiveness of education. According to psychological approaches, language learning abilities enhance a person's speech skills and require consistent practice. Learning foreign languages significantly impacts students' personal, intellectual, and cultural development, and psychology plays an essential role in this process. This article explores the pedagogical and psychological aspects of developing students' foreign language learning abilities. Keywords: ability, education, process, linguistics, logic, motivation, skill, potential. In all stages of the education system, providing quality education and preparing competitive professionals in the era of globalization has become a pressing issue. The need to develop mechanisms for shaping modern skills among learners and renewing existing methodologies based on international approaches is growing. One of the critical tasks for researchers, particularly educators, is to create approaches and methods aimed at acquiring and using foreign languages, recognized as a modern skill. Identifying alternative and variable methods for learning, understanding, perceiving, and retaining foreign languages is vital in enhancing educational effectiveness. Today, implementing advanced global methods and experiences in the national education system has shown positive results in acquiring modern skills and knowledge. Regardless of the method or approach used by educators to teach modern skills, it is necessary that it contributes to the quality and outcomes of the education. Learning a foreign language has become a significant issue in the modern world. It serves as a tool for intercultural communication, gaining importance on the international stage and being required at all levels of education, from schools to universities. However, the acquisition of foreign languages involves not only linguistic but also psychological aspects. Motivation, abilities, and interest in the language play a crucial role in language acquisition. In this context, the interest in learning a language and the opportunity to use it practically serve as powerful motivational factors. As the global economy develops, knowledge of foreign languages often leads to financial and professional success. According to psychological approaches, language learning abilities enhance an individual's speech skills and require continuous practice. At the same time, communicative education is one of the essential methods in language learning. This approach focuses on acquiring a foreign language as a communication tool, prioritizing not grammatical knowledge but the content and significance of communication. This method helps develop the student’s ability to communicate in social situations. 59 ILM-FAN VA INNOVATSIYA ILMIY-AMALIY KONFERENSIYASI in-academy.uz/index.php/si In addition to language learning abilities, discursive and strategic abilities are also crucial in the communicative education process. Through these abilities, students organize effective communication in foreign languages in practical situations. Therefore, the teaching methods used in the process of learning modern English must focus not only on linguistic aspects but also on the development of personal motivation and abilities. It is important to note that any ability allows the development of specific knowledge and skills. Therefore, a person with inherent abilities, if they do not know or choose not to learn or work, may achieve less in life. In contrast, those who are hardworking and capable of learning, despite having less innate potential, often achieve more success in the long run. Like all languages, foreign language abilities can be developed at any age. While children and adolescents tend to acquire languages faster and more easily, adults possess distinct advantages in language learning, such as developed logic and self-organization skills. These traits do not constitute language ability themselves, but they create a favorable environment for the growth of language potential. To develop students' language learning abilities, linguistics can be supplemented with simple, seemingly unrelated elements. Language learning abilities can be divided into cognitive-linguistic and communicative-speech categories. Communication and speech refer to the abilities that ensure effective interaction with others and psychological adaptability in joint tasks. Cognitive-linguistic abilities refer to the skills and techniques that help in the rapid acquisition of language systems, such as vocabulary, phonetics, and grammar. The traditional education system focuses on the development of cognitive-linguistic abilities, while intensive teaching systems help develop communicative-speech abilities. Recently, there has been an increasing interest in focusing on the individual’s creative potential as the object of learni