Introduction.............................................................................................................2 Chapter I. Theoretical Foundations of Communicative Competence and the Use of Games............................................................................................................4 1.1. Communicative Competence: Its Definition, Connection to Teaching, and Relationship with Interactional Competence.............................................................4 1.2. The role of game in foreign language teaching..................................................11 Chapter II. Practical Application of Games in Developing Communicative Competence............................................................................................................17 2.1. Using Communicative Games in Improving Students’ Speaking Skills..........17 2.2. Formation of students’ communicative competence through game technology...............................................................................................................23 Conclusion..............................................................................................................30 References..............................................................................................................31