Key characteristics of oral English professionally-oriented communication of IT specialists

Abstract

Professionally-oriented communication is а special form of interaction between the subjects in sphere of professional activity, which focuses on the achievement of communicative needs, the implementation of professional responsibilities and functions, the establishment of correct moral and psychological atmosphere, and further productive cooperation with an achievement of the goal. Professionally-oriented communication is divided into three main groups and is being used according to the professional hierarchy. Those groups are informal – which is based on domestic, family and social relations, semi-official – which is used for business purposes and formal- which is implemented in a circle of colleagues during direct communication. The article also forms a set of approaches that regulate the process of formation of oral English-speaking communication of future IT professionals, the importance of mastering information and communicative technologies by future IT specialists and the ability to apply them for their intended purpose, to acquire the necessary knowledge, skills and abilities with their help, which in the future will influence the process of formation of key competencies among these specialists, is also substantiated. The purpose of the article is to highlight a set of approaches that regulate the process of formation of oral English-speaking professionally oriented communication of future IT professionals. One of the most crucial facts is that oral English-speaking professionally oriented communication of IT professionals is realized in the process of professional activity in order to perform professional duties, perform professional functions and social roles according to the positions they hold in the field of IT. Also, based on the analysis done in the article, we can interpret oral English-speaking professionally oriented communication of IT professionals as a process of creating and exchanging oral messages of professionally oriented content in English.