The paper aims to reveal essence of the notion “linguistic research competence”. The article considers the characteristics of research competence, examines the process of research competence formation among linguistic students on the basis of a practice-oriented approach. Scientific originality of the study lies in the fact that relying on a survey conducted among foreign students studying English as a language of international communication and Russian as a foreign language the authors identify specific features of linguistic research competence, reveal the aspects of research competence formation taking into account its components: motivational, informational, cognitive (communicative), activity-based, reflexive, creative, personal. As a result, it is shown that focus group method allows representing research competence characteristics and provides deeper understanding of research competence formation.
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