Аннотация
The development of functional literacy of students from specialized schools is currently relevant. The aim of the study is to analyze the process of development of functional literacy and its component of natural science literacy in chemistry lessons in the conditions of implementation of shortened curricula in specialized general education schools of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The scientific achievements of foreign and Kazakh scientists on the identified problems were studied, on the basis of which conclusions were made about the need to use the capabilities of the activity methodology. This necessity is a consequence of the observed transformation of the education system in the country. The content of normative documents regulating the system of general secondary education is also analyzed, according to which the chemistry teacher has the right to independently determine the number of hours allocated to study, which gives the teacher of a specialized school the opportunity to independently decide on the choice of ways to develop special competencies of students within their subject. The requirements to the tasks for assessing the level of science literacy were studied, and as a result, the necessity of defining the competence-skill as a parameter of competence was revealed. A table of matching skills (competencies) corresponding to tasks with a description of their characteristics was derived. It is concluded that it is possible to develop tasks that would ensure the development of competencies that include: scientific explanation of phenomena, understanding of the features of scientific research.