The article focuses on the fact that the German language learning by pupils in secondary schools of Ukraine depends on creating the appropriate objective conditions of reforming the entire education system and the humanization of the educational process, and taking into account patterns of theory and practice development in this area in the second half of the XX – XXI century.In the article the urgency of modernization of modern content and methods of studying the German language by pupils of secondary schools of Ukraine, made historical – pedagogical analysis of German education in the second half of the XX – XXI century.Particular attention is paid to aspects of leading scientific discourses in the context of national development policy of the German language learning in schools of Ukraine in measurements of its accession to the common European educational space.Article updated those tasks whose solution it entirety provides: 1) upgrading the content of German education at an angle to ensure his child centrism, culture centrism, fundamental and personal-developmental orientation; 2) mobility of updating curricula, textbooks and teaching aids, by raising the level of motivation of teachers, representatives of various government agencies of Ukraine, establishing constructive cooperation between them; 3) improvement in the status of Ukraine in a sphere of German-language education and foreign language education in general (necessary aspects of creating multilingual educational environment).It is emphasized the need for Ukraine of the positive experience in the past in order to develop foreign language education space. This current state of quality of the German language learning depends on identifying further ways of development strategies that are based on national educational traditions and values, experience learning the German language acquired in the process of learning German in the schools in Ukraine. Innovative approaches of content and methodology of the study of German by pupils at schools of Ukraine has a strategic nature and consistent with the national development strategy of foreign language education.The necessity of solving the actual problems posed present to the German- education of pupils in secondary schools in Ukraine is impossible without understanding key trends of research in this area, adequate and interested attitude to the industry by professionals and especially representatives of various government agencies of Ukraine with setting up constructive cooperation between them, which is a prerequisite for the formation of social consciousness of pupils and school leavers with appropriate attitude to the prospects of the German language.Conclusions regarding changes of German national policy in the context of its compliance with the European promotion of Ukraine, development of strategies of the German language learning in secondary schools of Ukraine are viewed in the article.
HUMANISTIC FOUNDATIONS OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE EDUCATION: THEORY AND PRACTICE