FORMATION OF PROFESSIONAL FOREIGH LANGUAGE COMPETENCE OF FUTURE ENGINEERS

This article presents and substantiates the pedagogical conditions for the formation of the professional foreign-language competence of the future engineer: the integration of a competent and contextual approach in training; integration of traditional and innovative methods of learning a foreign language (рrofessional task-based learning), development and application of professionally oriented communication training tasks. The article deals with the grounds for a competence-contextual approach in teaching the subject «Foreign Language» to technical students. This approach is based on the needs analysis developed for a foreign language competence of Russian higher school graduates and presented in the works by both Russian and foreign scientists, as well as in the criteria given by European Federation of National Engineering Associations, in professional standards (including Engineering and Information Computer Technologies) and in competence structure of Federal State Standards. There have been examined possibilities of the context approach (developed by A.A.Verbitsky) that enables increasing the quality of a professionally-oriented foreign language training of a would-be engineer, overcoming the gap between theory and practice, forming orientational basis for his professional activity which could be developed while studying at higher schools. There have been analyzed some methods of foreign language teaching in a technical higher school, namely: Grammar Translation, dominating since the middle of the 20th century and maintaining studies of special lexis and work with various texts; Communicative Approach, introduced at the turn of the 21st century and aimed at forming skills for professional communication and performing professionally-oriented tasks. There also has been suggested a system of exercises based on the study complex «Cambridge English for Engineering» and designed for Mechanical, Electrical and Civil Engineers. This system is characterized by a quasiprofessional trend. Studying lexis for a future speciality, professional performing while using a foreign language (such as working with technical drawings, describing technical problems and discussing some specifications) favours an early professional development of students and aquirement of some professional experience, as well as it can be considered one of the methods of motivation for foreign language studying in a technical higher school.

competent, contextual approach, professional standards, technical, communication method, quasiprofessional, focus, tasks

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