COMMUNICATIVE EXERCISES AS A COMPONENT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE OF FUTURE DOCTORS

H Ya Kitura,I I Vorona

doi:10.11603/me.2414-5998.2020.4.11667

Abstract

The article deals with the practical usage expediency of English language communicative exercises as a component of medical students’ professional competence. The essence of foreign language competence as a constituent of the professional culture of Health Care worker is ascertained. The formation of a medical student’s foreign language competence is an important concept of the professional education in higher educational medical establishments and is realized by mastering the features of language competence at its phonetic, lexical and grammatical levels of study. The attention is concentrated on the necessity of educational communicative exersices’ analysis as a core component of English for Specific Purposes (ESP). The problems of special subject contents within the course of ESP, selection of teaching materials, development of students’ communicative component in the mastering of the English language skills are examined. The main components of the medical students’ lexical competence are described; science-based classification system of exercises for the formation of communicative competence is considered; the necessity of lexical mastering for proper opinion formation is emphasized. The examples of communicative lexical exercises for the implementation of professional speech activities of medical students in professional English classes are suggested. The practical usage of the communicative exercises develops speech skills and abilities for an opportunity to evaluate, express own opinions and promote self-development and self-actualization of medical students is clarified in this article.

Highlights

A foreign language professional communication as an activity scope promotes information exchange in the process of communication, awareness of concepts and phenomena inherent in a particular professional area, ability to participate in cultural dialogue, using skills to apply acquired professional knowledge in speech properly
Professional activity of the medical workers requires impeccable professional skills as well as professional foreign language competence, which they need for studying original literature, work with colleagues from around the world, creative and purposeful development of skills, and increasing their professional competitiveness
A global intensi cation of economic, scienti c and technological activities has caused development of English for Speci c Purposes (ESP) in the world approaches in teaching English as a foreign language

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Introduction

A foreign language professional communication as an activity scope promotes information exchange in the process of communication, awareness of concepts and phenomena inherent in a particular professional area, ability to participate in cultural dialogue, using skills to apply acquired professional knowledge in speech properly. Professional activity of the medical workers requires impeccable professional skills as well as professional foreign language competence, which they need for studying original literature, work with colleagues from around the world, creative and purposeful development of skills, and increasing their professional competitiveness. Higher education is intended to develop foreign language competence in students, which is an integral part of a future doctor’s professional culture. Competence is an essential result of mastering a relevant competence – “a set of interconnected knowledge, skills, and abilities related to the subject of study that allows performing purposeful and effective actions using it” [4]. Development of foreign language professional competence of a medical student, which is an integral aspect of professionally oriented education in a medical university, is carried out by mastering language competence regarding its phonetic, lexical and grammatical levels of study

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