The role of foreign language professional communication in a modern specialist’s training in a non-linguistic university

The relevance of the research stems from the fact that the role of professional foreign language communication is significantly increasing in the context of expanding international contacts, establishment of relations with foreign partners. The purpose of the research is to substantiate the importance of a foreign language in the process of a modern specialist’s training in the non-linguistic university. FSES demands professional specifics when learning a language. A foreign language is considered not as a separate, independent discipline, but as the one allowing to acquire special knowledge of terminology in a selected area. The problem of modern specialists is that the low level of foreign language literacy can significantly reduce their competitiveness in the labor market. In this regard, professional-oriented training in foreign languages is a priority direction in modern education. Relying on their own teaching experience, the author emphasizes that professional-oriented texts are easier to cope with the issue of improving motivation to the study of a foreign language. Using a tutorial for bachelors “Horticultural and Landscape Design in English”, the author introduces thematic sections and methods used in working with “Landscape architecture” students. When selecting a material for a textbook in a foreign language, a teacher may face certain difficulties. The article provides ways to solve this problem. The author has analyzed scientific literature on the stated topics. Methods of observation, comparison, analysis have been used. It has been concluded that foreign language is a necessary component in the process of training a specialist of any profile.

foreign language professional communication, competitiveness, professional-oriented training, a foreign language, a non-language university, motivation, professional vocabulary, a specialist

1. [Электронный ресурс]. URL: https://slovar.cc/rus/inostr-nov.html

2. Крюков В.В. Язык как знаковая система и ценность общения [Электронный ресурс] // Идеи и идеалы. 2016. № 4 (30). URL: https://cyberleninka.ru/article/n/yazyk-kak-znakovaya-sistema-i-tsennost-obscheniya (дата обращения: 01.02.2021).

3. Фуфурина Т.А. Изучение иностранного языка для профессиональных целей как успех будущей карьеры студентов технических вузов // Наука, техника и образование. 2015. № 2 (8). С. 98-103.

4. Пассов Е.И. Программа-концепция коммуникативного иноязычного образования «Развитие индивидуальности в диалоге культур». М.: Просвещение, 2000. 172 с.

5. Бибикова Э.В. Особенности профессионально-ориентированного обучения иностранному языку в неязыковом вузе [Электронный ресурс] // О некоторых вопросах и проблемах психологии и педагогики: сборник научных трудов по итогам международной научно-практической конференции (Красноярск, 11 ноября 2016 г.). URL: https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=28428226

6. Кучерявая Т.Л. Проблемы профессионально-ориентированного обучения иностранному языку студентов неязыковых специальностей [Электронный ресурс] // Теория и практика образования в современном мире: материалы I Международной научной конференции (г. Санкт-Петербург, февраль 2012 г.). Т. 2. СПб.: Реноме, 2012. С. 336-337. URL: https://moluch.ru/conf/ped/archive/21/1783/(дата обращения: 08.03.2021).

7. Graddol D. English Next. London: British Council, 2006. 132 p.