This article examines the features of project method in teaching English to school students.
Project work increases motivation for learning English. The experience of project activity and how
it helps students to develop communication activities and their motivation are described. It is a wellknown fact that teaching a foreign language requires a personality-oriented approach to a greater
extent in comparison to any other academic subject. It is all due to individual nature of student's
speech and the way they perceive the speech of others. In this regard, the project method contributes
the most to the activation of all spheres of the student's personality, his intellectual and emotional
spheres, the sphere of practical activity. Working on a project allows school students to act as
authors, thus enhancing their creativity and motivation.
Keywords: foreign language teaching, project method, personality-based approach,
communicative competence, creative project, critical thinking, motivation