This article is devoted to the consideration of the peculiarities of organizing educational shifts in year-round health camps, the main purpose of which is to prepare students for the All-Russian Olympiad in English (regional and final stages). Simply mastering the general education program will not help in solving Olympiad tasks, so educational shifts with the correct organization of a training module similar to camp gatherings with the help of qualified personnel from higher education are of particular relevance.

This article is devoted to the process of formation of functional literacy of students in English lessons. Based on the existing regulatory framework, the authors define the concept of functional literacy. It describes the structure of functional literacy, its relationship with key competencies, including the influence of a foreign language on the formation of functional literacy. One of the tasks that a foreign language teacher faces is the formation of functional literacy in practical lessons.