ПРОФЕССИОНАЛЬНО-ОРИЕНТИРОВАННЫЙ ПОДХОД К ИЗУЧЕНИЮ ИНОСТРАННОГО ЯЗЫКА БАКАЛАВРАМИ НЕЯЗЫКОВЫХ ФАКУЛЬТЕТОВ

Abstract

. The article is devoted to the necessity for students of non-linguistic faculties to learn a foreign language in order to use it in their professional life. Knowledge of languages is required in order to be aware of the latest inventions and discoveries, to be able to communicate with professionals from different countries, to share their experience. Language is a means of communication in professional life, that is why every university trains a versatile specialist with a high level of linguistic functionality. The professionally-oriented approach (English for Specific Purpose (ESP) is applied in practical classes in accordance with the state educational standard, stating that it is required «to carry out business communication in oral and written forms in the state language of the Russian Federation and a foreign language(s)» (CC-4). The bachelor's program in a non-linguistic field assumes the ability of students to speak a foreign language fluently while performing their professional tasks, which explains the need for a special approach in teaching a foreign language. The authors conducted a survey of students, the purpose of which was to study the role that students assign to a foreign language in their professional life. The questions were grouped in three blocks: general research — questions focused on determining the social portrait of a student, applied — questions aimed at directly determining the role of a foreign language in a student's life at the moment and in further professional activity, and practical — questions about information resources that students use when learning English independently. Based on the data obtained, the professionally-oriented approach is assessed as a necessary aspect of meeting the linguistic needs of students at nonlinguistic faculties