2.3 The analysis of experiments

Pilot work was carried out sequentially and included three stages: ascertaining, forming, control. At each stage, certain goals were solved in accordance with the hypothesis of the study. At a ascertaining stage, primary diagnostics was carried out in order to identify the initial level of development of auditory and pronunciation skills of students in grade 9 in foreign language lessons.

At the formative stage, an audio complex of phonetic exercises was developed and introduced into the educational process to form the auditory and pronunciation skills of students in grade 9. At the control stage, repeated diagnostics of the level of development of auditory and pronunciation skills of schoolchildren was carried out, a comparative analysis and generalization of the results was performed. Pilot work was carried out in two groups of 9 classes of secondary school No. 33 of the Sverdlovsk region. 28 schoolchildren took part in the work. The following events were held with the teachers of the school:

1. Consultation "Development of phonetic skills in foreign language lessons"

2. Round table "Phonetic exercises in foreign language lessons."

3. Attendance at open lessons and their analysis. These events showed that English teachers need advanced training in developing auditory and pronunciation skills in foreign language lessons. In order to identify the initial level of development of phonetic skills, various techniques were studied, but we stopped on our own pedagogical observation, the purpose of which is to check the level of development of phonetic skills of students in grades 9.

This 9th grade is divided into 2 groups, the first 14 people conduct phonetic exercises, the second group does not.

To do this, we used methods such as pedagogical observation during the lessons, students were evaluated according to the following criteria:

• sound composition;

• syllabic structure of the language;

• verbal stress;

• intonation.

Description of the methodology: students in the lesson are invited to listen to a small text 2 times, after which they are given 15 minutes to play this text. After conducting pedagogical observation in the foreign language lessons, the students showed the following results, which are presented in table 1.

Table 1

The results of pedagogical observation

№	sound composition	syllable structure	word stress	Number of points
1st group
1	3	4	3	3,3
2	4	4	5	4,3
3	5	4	4	4,3
4	5	4	4	4,3
5	4	5	5	4,6
6	4	4	4	4
7	4	4	3	3,6
8	5	5	4	4,6
9	5	5	5	5
10	3	3	3	3
11	4	4	4	4
12	5	5	3	4,3
13	4	4	4	4
14	3	4	4	3,6
2nd group
1	5	5	5	5
2	3	3	3	3
3	4	4	4	4
4	5	5	3	4,3
5	4	4	4	4
6	5	5	5	5
7	4	4	4	4
8	4	4	3	3,6
9	5	5	4	4,6
10	3	4	3	3,3
11	4	4	5	4,3
12	5	4	4	4,3
13	5	4	4	4,3
14	4	4	4	4

Figure 1 - The initial level of phonetic skills

Thus, the results of pedagogical observation show that the level of development of auditory and pronunciation skills of students in grade 9 is at a good level. As a result of this exercise, for the next test, they were composed of the most difficult words spoken in the lesson a minimum number of times.

Table 2