. Competence approach to the work at the numeral as a part of the language with future teachers of the mountain school

Abstract

The article deals with the issue of a competence approach in the process of studying the Numeral during the preparation of students of the specialty ”Primary Education”, which will work at primary schools, including those of the Ukrainian Carpathians region. Competence approach is seen in the formation of a competent person who is able to find the right solutions to specific educational, life and professional situations. While primary school students learn the Numeral from the first days of school, according to the State standard of primary education its study is stated from the fourth form, as reflected in textbooks of the Ukrainian language. In this connection, we analyzed the didactic content of the textbook, edited by M.S. Vassulenko. The results of the first-year students’ questionnaire on acquaintance with the Numeral, its grammatical peculiarities and specifics usage are also presented. The article noted that the Numeral as part of the language is associated with the concepts of ”number”, which means a certain amount and is the most important mathematical concept, and ”number” - ideogram, sign, through which the number is presented in writing. A compilation of information about the development of the Number and the most common systems of numbers, features of lexical, grammatical and syntactic features of this class of words is proposed. The article presents numerical values which are most used in folk forms (in particular, in fairy tales, well-known children) words to identify various specific quantities, such as inch, arshin, cop, etc.