THE USE OF GAMING TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE OF FUTURE SPECIALISTS

Abstract

The article deals with the problem of the formation of foreign language professional communicative competence of future specialists of non-linguistic profiles. The process of teaching a foreign language becomes interesting and creative thanks to game technologies that expand the range of topics for communication, make the process of foreign language communication more dynamic and expressive, and also give the possibility to create models of future professional activities of students and teach them how to act in certain real life situations. Role-playing and business games, which are one of the most dynamic methods of teaching a foreign language, are widely used in foreign language classes at non-linguistic specialties of universities. In role-playing games, personal interaction not limited to professional activity takes place, while in business games situations, which are close to the real future professional activity of students, are played. The use of role-playing and business games in the process of teaching foreign languages contributes to the formation of the cognitive interests of students, their conscious and motivated mastering of the target foreign language, and also contributes to the development of such qualities as independence, initiative, the ability to work in a team, the desire for self-education and self-improvement. Thus, gaming technologies have a great developmental potential and are an effective means of improving and modernizing the educational process at universities, professionalizing foreign language teaching for students of non-linguistic specialties, and forming their foreign language professional communicative competence.