Abstract. The purpose of this scientific article is to clarify how important it is to pronounce words correctly when learning a foreign language. This topic has been discussed many times by many linguists, and on the basis of all important approaches, correct pronunciation guidelines are now being taught to literate people. This article reveals many important aspects of pronunciation competence as an example. As the object of the article, tools and methods were taken to form pronunciation competence and develop it. Analysis of the guidelines for the use of the same tools and methods is the subject of the work. Monographs and scientific articles completed in our linguistics were used as a theoretical source for the work.