Abstract
The article deals with the problem of professional socialization of future economists, affirms the need for professional socialization of students in the learning process on the basis of the analysis of scientific and methodical literature, defines the term “professional socialization”, provides a schematic representation of the structure of professional socialization, presents the conditions of successful professional socialization, analyses the specifics of professional activities of economists. Author defines “Foreign language” as a discipline having great potential for forming professional socialization. The aim of the research: the main aim of this article is to review various ideas of professional scientists on the theory and practice of professional socialization, to clarify the notion of professional socialization. Research methods: the main research method used while working on the article is literature analysis for critical consideration of different scholars ideas on professional socialization and educational environments; also comparative method, content abstraction and generalisation are applied for concretising the notion of the term "professional socialization". Results: the notion of professional socialization and its structural concepts are concretised, grounded and described.
Highlights
When we started teaching case studies in Kazan State University, the teaching materials for more advanced students were still biased towards theoretical aspects of business and law
Students at the university have become more and more aware of the importance of English to their professional careers. They have come themselves to feel the necessity of developing their professional skills, and so have their teachers, who realise that the design of any curriculum has to be student-centred
Though the pattern of a ready made case study may be followed, it is tailor made for the class
Summary
When we started teaching case studies in Kazan State University, the teaching materials for more advanced students were still biased towards theoretical aspects of business and law. Students at the university have become more and more aware of the importance of English to their professional careers They have come themselves to feel the necessity of developing their professional skills, and so have their teachers, who realise that the design of any curriculum has to be student-centred. It has to be determined primarily by the long-term needs of the students. Students graduating from the university have to be ready to go on to the stage in their lives, join the work force and function effectively in English Since they are going to be lawyers, managers, business people, executives and so on, they will need to use English effectively in their business transactions. They must absorb information quickly, read selectively, and make decisions under pressure
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