Goal Of Foreign Language Teaching Research Articles

FEATURES OF THE FORMATION FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE OF MASTER'S STUDENTS OF A LANGUAGE UNIVERSITY

This article discusses the methodology for developing foreign language professional competence of under-graduates in the educational program ―Training of teachers in a foreign language.‖ At the present stage, with the entry of the Republic of Kazakhstan into the global educational space, there is a need for highly trained personnel and specialists of the 21st century. The formation of foreign language professional competence contributes to the development of intercultural communicative competence among undergraduates, adapting them to different cultural contexts. The implementation of the competency-based approach, as one of the relevant approaches in education of the 21st century, and the cognitive approach, as the leading one in foreign language education, lead tohigh-quality final results and the formation of foreign language professional competence of future foreign language teachers. This article describes the results of applying the course ―Modern methodology of foreign language education in higher institutions‖.The aim of the course is to provide the necessary qualitative training of future foreign language teachers so that they can successfully realize in their pedagogical practice the main goal of foreign language teaching -the development of interculturalcommunicative competence of individuals. This is based on the principles and methods of foreign language education, which contribute to the formation of graduate students' ability to effectively communicate and interact with representatives of other cultures.

Il paesaggio linguistico plurilingue e la didattica: il caso dell’Alto Adige/Südtirol

Studies on the Linguistic Landscape (LL) have become a particularly prolific object of study and research in the last fifteen years. The most recent research perspective has led to new categorizations for the LL, which not only form the basis for further empirical research, but are also of great use in foreign language teaching (Malinowski/Maxim/Dubreil 2020). Indeed, working with the LL that is also interculturally specific fulfils one of the primary goals of foreign language teaching, as the close relationship between language and culture also promotes intercultural communicative competence. Our paper will examine in particular the great potential of this tool in the context of teaching German as a Foreign Language in Italy, in order to stimulate greater language awareness and linguistic reflection in the processes of learning and teaching German in which learners are involved. By means of the administration of didactic sheets prepared by us, we will consider the possibility of applying to a didactic context data on both the German language and culture, taken from the observation of the LL of Alto Adige/Südtirol and collected on several occasions within a corpus, the LLSÜDTIROL, which will be discussed below.

Method of teaching students’ foreign language creative writing based on evaluative feedback from artificial intelligence

Introduction. The development of students' foreign language creative writing skills is a component of the goal of foreign language teaching in higher education. The effectiveness of the development of students' writing skills is largely determined by the method and tools of teaching. Artificial intelligence (AI) tools are able to provide learners with evaluative feedback that can be used to finalize written creative works in a foreign language. The aim of the paper is to develop a method of teaching students to write foreign language creative works on the basis of evaluative feedback from artificial intelligence, to test its effectiveness in the course of experimental training. Materials and methods. The study involved 1st year students (N=50) of Derzhavin Tambov State University (Russian Federation), majoring in English as a Foreign Language. In order to test the effectiveness of the authors’ method, stages of training were developed during which students received evaluative feedback from the AI tool in order to further refine their papers. Students of the control group developed writing skills using the traditional method. The objects of control were: a) content of the paper; b) organization and structure; c) support of ideas and arguments; d) vocabulary; e) grammar. The data analysis was carried out using the Student’s t-test. Research results. It was found that the method of teaching students foreign language creative writing on the basis of evaluative feedback from artificial intelligence is more effective in comparison with the traditional method in terms of the following criteria: a) content of creative paper (t=2,75; p≤0,05), b) organization and structure (t=3,05; p ≤ 0,05), and c) argumentation (t=2,44; p ≤ 0,05). At the same time, statistics did not reveal any growth in the development of students' lexical (t=2,13; p>0,05) and grammar (t=2,13; p>0,05) skills, which is explained by the individual nature of AI recommendations and the objectively lack of sustainability in the lexical component of the teaching content when studying different topics within the framework of one academic course. Conclusion. The novelty of the study includes the development of stages of teaching students foreign language creative writing based on evaluative feedback from artificial intelligence. The results obtained can be used in the development of methods of teaching foreign languages with the use of AI-technologies.

İngilizce Okutmanlarının Üniversite Bağlamında Kültür Öğretimi Faaliyetlerine İlişkin Algıları ve Uygulamaları

This study aims to find out what English lecturers think about the goals of foreign language teaching, what they think about teaching culture in the context of English language teaching, and how often particular culture-teaching activities are used in English courses. The study was conducted with the participation of 50 lecturers working in 4 state universities in Turkiye, namely Osmaniye Korkut Ata University, Çukurova University, Adana Science and Technology University and Mersin University. A version of the questionnaire developed by Sercu (2005) and adapted by Kılıç (2013) was used as a data collection tool and the findings were analyzed with SPSS. The study's findings revealed that while participants are generally aware of the importance of integrating culture in the foreign language classroom and have a positive attitude toward it, teaching culture and equipping students with intercultural competence was not one of the teachers' primary goals. Instead, it has been recognised that one of the most important goals is to acquire language knowledge and linguistic abilities to utilise English effectively. Lecturers' primary goal in teaching culture is to provide knowledge of the target culture's everyday lives and routines while also demonstrating a good attitude and openness to other people and cultures. Some recommendations for further study can be made based on the findings. Teachers should attend in-service teacher training workshops or seminars focused on culture teaching in ELT to help them understand the relevance of culture in ELT and the components that should be incorporated in English language classrooms.

Learn Malay as a Second Language: Language Etiquette

Any language teaching and learning process should include language etiquette. The learning of foreign languages during any stage is characterised by the interaction of many factors such as mother tongue, culture, educational background, and psychological characteristics, among others. The development of socio-cultural competency in teaching a foreign language is a challenging undertaking for teachers. Foreign students from Sudan, Egypt, Indonesia, the Philippines, and other countries can learn Malay in one semester at Multimedia University, Malaysia. This study aims to discuss the importance for international students to learn language etiquette, and to explore the components of language etiquette that international students acquired. This study used a field research method, i.e. the language method in its context, for data analysis. Observations in class and conversations from the Google Meet chat box were used to collect data for this study. It was discovered through data analysis that instructors should be aware of and appreciate the students' native culture as well as their cultural differences in the classroom. It helps all participants/students to pick up the foreign language and its culture as well. In terms of cultural aspects, if the learner's socio-cultural competence is well defined and built during the language teaching process, he or she can be almost on par with native speakers. However, it should be noted that, while etiquette is a fixed part of the culture, norms are constantly evolving. This research focuses on foreign students' language etiquette in Malay language classes. However, future research could focus on other courses or on students' everyday lives. The primary goal of foreign language teaching and learning is for students to be able to speak and comprehend the foreign language. The education of culture and linguistic etiquette is critical to achieving these goals.

Психолого-педагогические условия формирования коллокационной компетенции студентов на основе корпусных технологий

Importance. The development of linguistic students’ collocational competence is one of the main goals of foreign language teaching at a university. Corpora is one of the modern digital technologies that can be used to achieve this goal. However, there are a number of problems in the methods of collocational competence development based on corpora, the consideration of which will affect the effectiveness of the implementation of these teaching methods. The purpose of the study is to determine the psychological and pedagogical conditions for the effective collocational competence development based on corpora. Research methods. On the basis of a theoretical analysis of the scientific and methodic literature and systematization of the conceptual approaches of researchers, psychological and pedagogical conditions were identified, with the help of a comparative analysis and synthesis of empirical data, the effectiveness of taking into account psychological and pedagogical conditions for the collocational competence development based on corpora was theoretically substantiated. Results and Discussion. Psychological and pedagogical conditions for collocational competence development based on corpora are identified and substantiated, which must be taken into account when developing a methods for teaching collocations. These conditions include: a) motivation of students to develop collocation competence based on corpora; b) the development of information and communication technologies competence of a foreign language teacher; c) students’ foreign language proficiency at level B1; d) adherence to the identified stages of project activities. Conclusions. The collocational competence development based on corpora should be carried out while following the entire complex of identified psychological and pedagogical conditions. The results obtained can be used to improve the effectiveness of collocation teaching methods based on corpora.

Development of students’ collocational competence based on corpora

Introduction. The development of students’ collocational competence is one of the main goals of foreign language teaching in a linguistic university. Achieving this goal is possible through the use of corpora. However, the implementation of the methods for the development of students’ collocational competence based on corpora requires the selection of teaching content and the development of learning stages that combine classroom and distant, online and offline learning forms and allow students to work independently with the data of linguistic corpora. The purpose of the study is to develop methods for the development of students’ collocational competence based on corpora. Materials and methods. The study involved 2nd year students (N=44) studying “Linguistics” (profile: “Theory and Methods of Teaching Foreign Languages and Cultures”) and “Pedagogical Education” (profile: “English Language”) programmes at Derzhavin Tambov State University (Russian Federation). In order to test the methods effectiveness for the experimental group, a selection of collocations was carried out and a hybrid learning methods was developed, which includes project activities (classroom and distant) and consists of three stages. Participants in the control group studied a practical English course using traditional printed teaching aids. The subject of control was students’ collocational competence. To process the obtained results, Student’s t-test was used. Research results. The study shows that both teaching methods are quite effective for the development of collocational competence of linguistic university students (control group: t = 12.82, p ≤ 0.005; experimental group: t = 15.64, p ≤ 0.005). At the same time, statistical processing of data when comparing the results of the experimental cut between the control and experimental groups proved the effectiveness of the author’s methods of teaching collocations based on corpora (t = 2.54, p ≤ 0.005). Conclusion. The novelty of the study lies in the formulation of methods for the development of students’ collocational competence based on corpora, which consist of three stages and includes classroom and distant, online and offline forms of education. The results obtained can be used in the development of methods for a foreign language teaching in general and lexical competence in particular on the basis of corpora, as well as in the development of methods for foreign language teaching based on other modern ICTs.

On the Use of Language Case Studies in Educational-Methodical Complexes in Teaching Russian as a Foreign Language

The article analyzes the theoretical basis of the requirements to the content of cases, considers the stages of work with cases, analyzes cases designed to teach Russian as a foreign language, their use in classes at non-linguistic universities. The use of the case method as a means of teaching various disciplines became popular in the 20th century in all schools and universities worldwide. The ability to communicate across cultures is the goal of foreign language teaching. To achieve this goal, it is necessary to use tools that form elements of communicative competence. The case method creates the basis for improving the elements, so the case as a method of developing communicative competence should play a significant role in the methodology of teaching Russian as a foreign language. The case method develops the four language skills: reading, listening, writing, speaking. It helps students improve their communication skills, organizational skills, grow independence in studying. The case study method is focused on practical application of knowledge acquired in the process of learning. The purpose of the study is to analyze and describe in detail cases used in teaching Russian as a foreign language. The study has shown the need to develop a base of cases, which meet the case study structure requirements and fulfil the purpose of case application. It has also shown the necessity of introducing language case studies in educational-methodical complexes for teaching students Russian as a foreign language and applying them to boost students’ motivation for learning a foreign language and developing all the elements of foreign language communicative competence.

TEACHING METHOD INVESTIGATION OF LI YANG’S CRAZY ENGLISH

Calls for more holistic research, especially ones that deal with English teaching and learning have increased in recent years. Through critical literature review, this study examines Li Yang’s crazy English, as a trend of English teaching in China. More specifically, it aims to discuss whether Li Yang’s crazy English is one of the “designer” methods and will produce proficient English speakers by proposing two research questions: (1) what is the nature of the “designer” methods? and (2) what specific strategies and what approach to foreign language teaching have the potential to improve learners’ communicative competence in Li Yang’s teaching method? The data have been analyzed and it is found that Li Yang’s crazy English can be categorized as one of the “designers” methods, which is, Total Physical Response (TPR) and failed to build learners’ communicative competence as the ultimate goal of foreign language teaching. The study recommends, therefore, the use of communicative approach in English teaching and learning processes to produce proficient English speakers

ЕЛЕМЕНТИ РЕТОРИКЕ У ФУНКЦИЈИ РАЗВИЈАЊА УСМЕНЕ ПРОДУКЦИЈЕ НА СТРАНОМ ЈЕЗИКУ – ПРИМЕР МОДЕРНОГ ГРЧКОГ

One of the main goals of foreign language teaching is enabling effective communication through giving students tools to express their views and interact with other language speakers. There are many factors that affect the process of oral production development, as well as various strategies that can be applied in the process of motivating students to acquire knowledge and express themselves orally. Oratory techniques can be very useful in this process, because they can help the learner prepare for oral production in a foreign language. The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of rhetorical elements and oratory techniques that can be applied in the case of oral production in Modern Greek as a foreign language. The paper primarily compares the views expressed by Durbaba (2011) on the successful foreign language oral production and what Nusic (2009) and Avramovic (2008) underline as important for oratory. In addition, we present the oratory techniques that can be used in learning correct articulation and accentuation at A1/A2 (CEFR) level, as well as in preparation for a wellargued oral presentation on B1/B2 (CEFR) level of Modern Greek, with emphasis on learning Modern Greek as a foreign language on university level, at the Department of Modern Greek Studies of the Faculty of Philology, University of Belgrade. In addition, we point out the influence of affective factors, such as anxiety and motivation, on oral expression, as well as the ways in which oratory techniques can be a great tool for foreign language teachers in the process of motivating their audience (the learners).

Структура межкультурной компетенции обучающихся

One of the main goals of foreign language teaching is the development of students’ intercultural competence. At the same time, researchers have not come to a consensus in determining the methodic content of this term. Often the emphasis is on teaching students intercultural com-munication in the context of a “dialogue of cultures”, however, the modern multicultural world is also characterized by situations of cultural conflicts and cultural discrimination. The modern edu-cational model does not prepare students for communication in such conditions as “non-dialogue” of cultures. The purpose of the study is to consider the structural content of teaching intercultural competence, characterized by situations of “dialogue” and “non-dialogue” of cultures. The following definition of the concept of “intercultural competence” was proposed: “the ability to effectively interact with representatives of other cultures without losing their cultural identity, as well as to find the best strategies in resolving intercultural conflicts”. Based on the analysis of the structural content of the intercultural competence of students in the works of Russian and foreign researchers, the filling of this competence was proposed. Intercultural competence includes the following three components: knowledge, skills and attitudes. The “knowledge” component includes: a) knowledge about the characteristics and types of cultures, as well as the ways in which they re-late to each other; b) knowledge of various models of actions during intercultural interaction. “Skills” include: a) the ability to initiate intercultural interaction and adequately respond to an at-tempt to initiate contact by another communicator; b) the ability to maintain a dialogue in an at-mosphere favorable for both communicants; c) the ability to act as a representative of one’s cul-ture; d) the ability to act as an intermediary between one’s own and another culture; e) the ability to predict intercultural conflicts; f) the ability to find and apply the best strategies in a situation of intercultural conflict; g) the ability to interpret and evaluate the facts or events of one culture from the position of another; h) the ability to critically evaluate different cultures from the position of ethnorelativism. The “attitude” component includes: a) readiness to reject stereotypes and preju-dices towards other cultures; b) acceptance of other cultures from the position of ethnorelativism.

Teachers’ Role Positioning and Coping Strategies in the Context of Intercultural Teaching

With the increasingly close global relationship, intercultural teaching has become an inevitable trend in current education development. The cultivation of students’ intercultural competence is bound to become one of the important goals of foreign language teaching. Intercultural teaching will present new characteristics because of the deepening of more intercultural factors, and it will also affect the interrelationship between teaching elements. As the main body of practice in the teaching process, the role of teachers will be different from traditional teaching. Facing the background of the era of intercultural teaching, teachers should adapt to the needs of the era and clarify their role positioning. This article first reviews the rich connotations of intercultural competence, analyzes the new characteristics of intercultural teaching. Then starting with the changes in the relationship between teachers and teaching elements, the article analyzes the role of teachers in intercultural teaching, and proposes coping strategies and suggestions for teachers to better adapt to the needs of intercultural teaching.

ДИСТАНЦІЙНЕ НАВЧАННЯ ESL

Distance Learning is an online-based program that gives students additional practice outside the classroom and helps decrease the amount of time it takes inside the classroom to study for the HSE test or to improve English language skills. МЕТОДИКА ВИКЛАДАННЯ У ВИЩІЙ ШКОЛ І 146 Випуск І (81), 2021 Distance education, as a form of education that enables and promotes development of autonomous life-long learning skill, necessary to keep up with rapid changes and development in today’s society, is a concept definitely worth considering. Teaching a foreign language in a distance education system is very challenging, primarily in terms of overcoming the main gap – lack of direct contact between teachers and learners. This paper focuses on the aspect of teaching materials used for ESL in a distance learning system. To ensure the implementation of basic educational programs with high efficiency, the implementation of appropriate reforms in distance and innovative learning, which meet all modern requirements, is a very important process in the development of education. The development of distance learning courses will be useful to ensure equal access to educational opportunities for all students, especially for workers, or for those who study in parallel in other universities in Ukraine or abroad. Private educational organizations and government agencies around the world support the use and development of distance learning by accumulating pedagogical and methodological experience for further development. Distance learning technologies represent many new opportunities for teaching foreign languages, which allow further expanding the range of teaching methods, just as language laboratories, television and computers have increased the standard classroom. It is important to review these distance-learning options to distinguish their ability levels, as these systems have different limitations on the learning process. For example, one-way systems that use only presentations have been criticized for not providing anything other than a video distribution system that could be reproduced by sending 10 videos to students. The lack of direct bilateral interaction, which characterizes many distance education programs, is contrary to the goals of foreign language teaching. However, using this interaction, distance technologies can maintain the integrity of foreign language teaching. Learning strategies that encourage student-teacher dialogue and student autonomy in distance learning situations should be included in learning.

Развитие умений иноязычного межкультурного взаимодействия студентов в целях обучения иностранному языку в языковом вузе

Development of foreign language intercultural interaction skills is one of the main goals of foreign language teaching to students of the “Pedagogical Education” (profile “English Language”) programme. At the same time, the content of teaching foreign language intercultural interaction is the subject of discussion in the scientific literature. In this study we present the history of the problem of formulating the goals of foreign language teaching, consider several models of foreign language communicative competence and intercultural competence. As a result, a list of inter-cultural skills is generalized, the development of which will be able to prepare students for inter-cultural interaction in various situations characterized by both “dialogue of cultures” and “non-dialogue of cultures”. These skills include: a) acting as an initiator of intercultural interaction; b) support for intercultural dialogue in the spirit of peace to achieve communication goals; c) the development of critical thinking skills in relation to the interpretation of facts, information, reali-ties from the standpoint of ethnorelativism; d) acting as a intermediary or mediator between representatives of different cultures, with the leveling of intercultural contradictions, respect for representatives of contacting cultures; e) a way out of the situation of intercultural conflict; f) suppression of intercultural conflicts; g) finding agreement in intercultural conflicts.

Formation of competence in intercultural communication as a new goal of foreign language teaching

It is know that there were different goals and approaches in teaching and learning foreign languages at different times. Today, the competence of intercultural communication is important in effective communication with other cultures. We think about this below the types of active work that shape reproductive skills came to the fore. The exercises were based on the following principle: Language learners should be able to express certain ideas about the language being studied using learning materials. In the course of the lesson, it is important that the language learner understands the differences and similarities between their own and other cultures by comparing them.

Формирование профессиональной иноязычной коммуникативной компетентности студентов в качестве цели обучения иностранному языку в аграрном вузе

In contemporary Federal State Education Standard of Higher Education in a number of agrarian university programmes, knowledge of a foreign language is presented in two competencies at once. At the same time, if earlier the goal of foreign language teaching at a university was the foreign language communicative competence development and all its subcompetencies in the social and socio-cultural spheres of communication, then modern Federal State Education Standard of Higher Education also focus on the communicative competence development in the professional sphere of communication. Such an expansion of the use of a foreign language as a means of communication has contributed to the designation of the professional foreign language communicative competency development as one of the main goals of professional foreign language teaching in an agrarian university. At the same time, scientists have not come to a consensus on the structure and component composition of professional foreign-language communicative competency. We consider the history of the issue on the example of progremme “Technology of production and processing of agricultural products”, the structure and component composition of the professional foreign language communicative competency of agrarian university student are proposed. Structurally, the professional foreign-language communicative competency of students includes two components: a foreign language communicative and professional. A foreign language communicative consists of five subcompetencies: linguistic, speech, sociocultural, compensatory and educational-cognitive. The professional component includes knowledge in a specific sphere of professional activity and professional activities of specialists in a specific programme. This component will largely determine the content of teaching components of a foreign language communicative competence, adding professionally oriented subject content to the learning process, reflecting the features of specialists in the sphere of agricultural production and processing technology. In addition, as a level category, professional foreign language communicative competence of students consists of five components: value-motivational, cognitive, operational, communicative, reflective. The work describes in detail the content of these components.

Интенсификация процесса формирования иноязычной коммуникативной компетенции при помощи компьютерных

The article considers the intensification of the process of a foreign language communicative competence formation with the help of computer games. The author emphasizes the advantages of computer games use as one of the types of information and communication technologies to achieve the modern goals of foreign language teaching in the conditions of the society informatization. Special attention is paid to the creative potential of computer games use in the process of foreign language studying. The article sets and describes some genres of computer games that are recommended for use in order to form a foreign language communicative competence in the combination of all its components. The author gives some recommendations for learners on studying a foreign language with the help of computer games. Thus, the purposeful use of computer games in teaching foreign languages helps to create appropriate psychological and pedagogical conditions for increasing the level of a foreign language communicative competence formation.

Психолого-педагогические условия формирования коллокационной компетенции студентов на основе комплексного задания «Диктоглосс»

The main goal of foreign language teaching is the development of foreign language communicative competence that implies the development of speech skills. Due to the prevalence of the competency-based approach in the methods, as well as based on the lexical approach, special attention is paid to the collocational competence development. Since the vocabulary acquisition is founded on the acquisition of the compatibility of words and phrases, and collocations are certain words in the language that tend to be used together, we should talk about the inclusion of collocational competence into the communicative competence. Informatization of education influences the methods of foreign language teaching. For the successful implementation of educational process in the modern world, the development of linguocomputer competence is necessary for both students and the teacher. Analysis of the methodic literature showed that the issue of the psychological and pedagogical conditions for the collocational competence development of students is not well covered in domestic and foreign methodic literature, and requires a more detailed study. In the presented study: 1) we conduct an analysis of the domestic and foreign scientists works on the psychological and pedagogical conditions for the competencies development; 2) we prove the importance of collocation competence development of students; 3) we study the issue of linguocomputer competence development of both students and teachers; 4) we identify the key place of the complex task “dictogloss” as a mean of collocational competence development, as well as a mean of linguocomputer competence formation and development.

Социальный заказ общества как фактор конкретизации целей обучения иностранному языку в техническом вузе

The structure of the article is determined by the logic of designing the goals of foreign language teaching in a technical university. The highest level of generality of goals reflects the social demand of society as a whole and is presented in the Federal State Educational Standard of Higher Education. At the second level of goal formulation (Model Discipline Programs), they are specified according to the needs of the spheres of economics. In the development of Work Programs of Discipline within the framework of teaching in a specific university, final clarification of goals is required depending on the requirements of regional employers (the third level of specification of goals). In order to clarify the objectives of teaching foreign language to students of technical universities taking into account the requirements of the regional labour market, a questionnaire was conducted in 2019 for graduates of the National Research University „Moscow Institute of Electronic Technology,” working in a specialty in enterprises in the field of exact technologies in Zelenohrad (Moscow). The questionnaire showed that in addition to the four types of speech activities specified in the Model Programs on Foreign Language for Non-Language Universities, engineers use interpretation and translation in their professional activities. The rating of types of foreign language speech activity in descending order of their importance for professional activity of the engineer is as follows: reading – auditing – translation – writing – speaking. The most demanded professional foreign-language tasks in all types of speech activities (except translation) are solved by modern engineers in communicative situations using information technologies.

THE COMMUNICATIVE APPROACH AS A STRATEGY OF DEVELOPING FOREIGN LANGUAGE SPEAKING COMPETENCE

The article deals with the issue of applying the communicative approach as a strategy of forming foreign language speaking competence while learning the English language. New political, socio-economic and cultural realities require increasing the role of foreign languages in Ukraine. The general strategy of foreign language teaching is determined by the needs of modern society and the level of developing linguistic, psychological, pedagogical and related sciences. The communicative approach is defined as this strategy. It defines the practical goal of foreign language teaching and learning, that is, forming and developing intercultural communicative competence.The communicative approach in foreign language studying is distinguished as a result of methodological realizing of scientific achievements in the field of linguistics, i.e. the theory of communicative linguistics, psychology, and the theory of activity, that is reflected in papers on methodology of foreign language teaching of such scholars as O. Leontiev, I. Zymnia, Yu. Passov, S. Shatilov, H. Rohova and others. The issue of the specificity of communicative phenomena is considered by M. Bovtenko, O. Bihych, L. Byrkun, V. Demiankov, Yu. Karaulov and others. The issue of intercultural communication is investigated by E. Vereshchahin, N. Liubimova, O. Mykhailova, L. Samovar and others. The problem of motivation in foreign language teaching is studied by A. Danylchenko, A. Lypkina, A. Markova, T. Matis, T. Kharchenko and others. Such researchers as J. Atkinson, I. Bekh, I. Vasyliev, D. Elkonin, O. Leontiev, L. Slavina, H. Shchukina and others claim that forming and keeping the motivation in studying are the most important aspects of modern foreign language education. The analysis of scientific references shows the lack of comprehensiveness in studying the outlined problem and the need to investigate the communicative approach to learning English.The aim of the study is to define the term “communicative approach”, to determine the new strategic directions of mastering English, and to characterize the functions of a foreign language for career prospects.It is found out that the main strategy of foreign language teaching is the communicative approach, which determines the practical purpose of foreign language studying and learning (mastering foreign language intercultural communication through forming and developing intercultural communicative competence and its components). Due to the communicative approach the process of learning a foreign language is built adequately to real speech communication, that is, the learning process is a model of speech communication that takes place in real life. The communicative approach to teaching a foreign language, adopted in the modern national methodology in accordance with the European processes of internationalization and globalization, determines the choice of goals according to which principles, content, methods, techniques, and means of teaching are defined.It is stated that the task of a foreign language teacher is to formulate accurately motivational statements for language learning (e.g. to travel without go-betweens, to solve all questions at the hotel, to choose the best service and route by yourself, to learn about culture and traditions of a foreign country, to watch films in English, to listen to English songs, to use applications and computer programs in English, etc.) and form a person who will be able to participate in intercultural communication. Developing communicative skills will help students to continue their studying, improve professionally, and work abroad that will contribute to the expansion of the international relations of our country and its entry into the educational and economic space. In further papers it is planned to propose linguistic exercises for developing communication skills for student successful professional activity.