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Fluency in a foreign language, professional knowledge, skills, and abilities is becoming the essential qualities of modern journalists. This paper discusses the notion of English professional communicative competence of future journalists. The purpose of the research is to analyze the components of professional, and foreign communicative competence of future journalists. Also, it aims to determine the role of mass media developing professional English communicative competence. The process of research data is based on the developed technology of using mass media products in English classes. It proved the effectiveness of printed, audio-visual, audio, and electronic materials. According to this technology, levels of professional English communicative competence consisted of high, sufficient, average, and low. Experimental work confirms the significance and effectiveness of applied technology in achieving a high level of the research question. Obtained data proved that using mass media materials as learning tools made journalism education flexible, dynamic, exciting, and productive. It was more effective and provided better results in comparison with the traditional ones. The problem of using mass media in professional English communicative competence of journalists, subject matter specificity, and criteria for choosing media texts, forms, and training methods need further studies.

Introduction. The article deals with the problem of the development of foreign language communicative competence of undergraduate students of non-linguistic specialties through the application of interactive technologies in the process of teaching foreign languages for specific purposes. The formation of professional foreign language communicative competence is one of the essential aspects of professional training of modern specialists. Among the education techniques, interactive methods based on a person-oriented approach to the student are given special attention, aimed at developing not just learner’s creativeness, but also the ability to think and react quickly, thus improving communication skills. In this case interactive learning technologies are regarded as the means of developing a foreign language competence of undergraduates at higher education establishments. The purpose of the article is to study the development of foreign language communicative competence of undergraduate students of non-linguistic specialties through the application of interactive technologies in the process of teaching foreign languages for specific purposes. Methods. The given paper involves the theoretical analysis of scientific sources on the topic, comparison and systematization of the collected material and the empirical method of pedagogical observation and a questionnaire to comprehend the trends of the development of foreign language communicative competence of undergraduate students of non-linguistic specialties through the application of interactive technologies in the process of teaching foreign languages for specific purposes. Results. The research consists of three stages: the analysis of publications relating to the issue of our research; the analysis of the concepts (communicative competence, interactive model of teaching, interactive learning technology), relating to the topic of the research; the empirical monitoring of the effectiveness of the application of interactive technologies in the process of teaching foreign languages for specific purposes to undergraduate students of non-linguistic specialties. Originality. The monitoring of the educational process and the conducted survey found that the use of interactive technologies during practical classes stimulates interest, encourages students to learn foreign languages, and contributes to the formation of a communicative and pragmatic approach. Conclusion. Interactive technologies include learning outcomes that are clearly defined; interactive methods, tools, and forms that stimulate students’ learning, cognitive and mental environments, and procedures to accomplish the desired results. The use of interactive technologies is a way of providing the required conditions for communicatively effective learning. It supports personal cooperation and self-development, improves not only foreign language communication but also personal qualities.

The informatization of education is one of the priorities on the path to open education and is an indicator of the development of modern society. The use of information tools in education, including mobile technologies, creates conditions for the implementation of the educational process and ensures its continuity by integrating traditional and distance learning, which is especially relevant today, in quarantine times, when many educational institutions use distance or blended (combined) form of education. The aim of the article is to understand the notion of mobile education and its influence on current development of educational processes in higher educational institutions in Ukraine.

Fluency in a foreign language, professional knowledge, skills, and abilities is becoming the essential qualities of modern journalists. This paper discusses the notion of English professional communicative competence of future journalists. The purpose of the research is to analyze the components of professional, and foreign communicative competence of future journalists. Also, it aims to determine the role of mass media developing professional English communicative competence. The process of research data is based on the developed technology of using mass media products in English classes. It proved the effectiveness of printed, audio-visual, audio, and electronic materials. According to this technology, levels of professional English communicative competence consisted of high, sufficient, average, and low. Experimental work confirms the significance and effectiveness of applied technology in achieving a high level of the research question. Obtained data proved that using mass media materials as learning tools made journalism education flexible, dynamic, exciting, and productive. It was more effective and provided better results in comparison with the traditional ones. The problem of using mass media in professional English communicative competence of journalists, subject matter specificity, and criteria for choosing media texts, forms, and training methods need further studies.