The paper examines the importance of forming speech competence of law students in teaching English as a foreign language. Indeed, the formation of speech competence in the lessons of the English language is a continuous process, it involves the use of various methods and techniques that contribute to the development of the ability to speak correctly, fluently and dynamically both in dialogue and in the form of a monologue; have a good understanding of audible and read speech, including the ability to produce and understand speech in any style, that is, to use the accumulated language material for the purpose of communication. Speech competence is an integral part of foreign language communicative competence and involves the development of skills in four types of speech activity: productive (speaking and writing) and receptive (reading and listening). Considering this, in the article the author defines ―competence‖ and ―speech competence‖ by employing the opinions of various scholars. The methods used are descriptive, conceptual and comparative.

speech, competence, language tools, speech competence, education, lexical and grammatical knowledge, methods, principles