Abstract
The article demonstrates the problem of increasing the level of foreign language communicative competence of students through the use of interactive methods and forms of work in English lessons. The concept of "foreign language communicative competence" and its components (linguistic, speech and sociolinguistic) are considered, a brief analysis of the teaching materials "Spotlight 8" is given for the presence of an interactive form of work in it, the process of using some interactive forms and methods in an English lesson as part of an experimental work with students of grade 8, the results of experimental work are described.