PECULIARITIES OF TEACHING STUDENTS OF NON-LINGUISTIC MAJORS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE FOR PROFESSIONAL PURPOSES COURSE

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to study the peculiarities of teaching a foreign language for professional purposes to students of non-linguistic specialities of higher education institutions. It has been determined that in order to improve the quality of national education, one of the leading tasks of professional training of students is the formation of a competitive specialist, in particular, the formation of his/her foreign communicative competence. The issues of studying the discipline “Foreign language for professional purposes” are considered. The competences that form the basis of the necessary competences of students of non-linguistic specialities of higher education institutions are described. The tasks for the realisation of the goal are defined. It is noted that this discipline has specific features and characteristics, namely: lexical base, professional terminology, business correspondence, communication tasks, reading texts and listening tasks. It has been proved that the effectiveness of teaching a foreign language for professional purposes can be achieved if students are involved in the process of active independent and creative learning activities. It is noted that the essence of professionally oriented foreign language learning is its integration with special disciplines. Such modern methodsand approaches to teaching as communicative-interactive, personality-oriented approaches are analysed, with the project method and the principle of situationality being popular components. The authors emphasise that the professional foreign language orientation is due to the need for future specialists to use the scientific knowledge acquired during their studies in their professional activities with the help of a foreign language. The article concludes with conclusions and prospects for further research.