The article outlines the scientific approaches to applying pedagogical innovative technologies in teaching foreign languages for professional purpose; it was revealed the essence of the concept "pedagogical technologies" and its multiplicity and complexity has been proved. Competence oriented technologies are considered as a way to implement a system of successive deployment of educational activities aimed at the future profession and put the personality of the learner in the centre of the entire educational system, assure comfortable, nonconflict and safe conditions for his development and realization of his natural potential. It is stated that during the process of training future specialists by means of the foreign language for professional purposes technologies are similar and classified according to certain features and properties as for goals, content, forms, methods and means of learning. They promote professional mobility and adaptability to socioeconomic changes and individual peculiarities of future professionals. All of them are applied at the foreign language lessons according to the topics, goals and requirements specified in the state standard of higher education and foreign language for professional purpose programs. The main tasks and methodical techniques used at the lessons forming foreign language professional competencies have been characterized. The article notes that development of foreign language communication skills by means of learning technologies includes the development of speech, language, socio-cultural, educational and cognitive competences. The main effective methods and interactive forms of education organization have been given and their importance to develop communicative, organizational and professional skills has been defined.

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The article deals with the problem of teaching students of Design and Fine Arts to write texts for professional purposes. The authors consider modern methods and activities for teaching writing. The authors underline the role of writing in teaching a foreign language that has gradually increased and considered as a reserve for improving the efficiency of teaching a foreign language. Stress is done on the importance for every educated modern person to produce different kinds of written texts for professional purposes. Modern advances in the field of information and communication technologies and the enormous popularity of using various social networks changed the attitude to writing. The importance of using information and communication technologies in teaching writing is considered. The authors suggest the following activities for improving and developing the acquired at school skills for writing texts. To improve the skills of writing annotations exercises are recommended. Activities for writing reports on videos are suggested. To master the skills of describing photos or paintings it is recommended to visit some sites. The authors recommend to make presentations on the given subjects. All the activities were successfully tested at English classes.

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