Abstract
The reform of the education system and the transition to the updated content of education places special emphasis on the development of skills and abilities of independent work and critical thinking of younger schoolchildren. The peculiarity of teaching foreign-language oral speech to elementary school students in the conditions of the updated content of education is clarified in this scientific article. The purpose of this study is theoretical justification and practical creation of a model for teaching foreign language oral speech to primary school students in the context of updated educational content. Furthermore, a system of exercises for the development of foreign language oral speech skills was proposed, and its efficacy was tested with elementary school students during experimental work.