Professionally-Oriented Foreign Language Teaching of Master’s Degree Students

Abstract

The issue of professionally-oriented foreign language teaching is relevant for foreign language teachers and for future professionals whose work lies in the field of intercultural communication. Foreign language skills become one of the essential requirements for technical professionals. One can determine the efficiency of the educational process by the educational tools and materials. An urgent task is to develop the standards for foreign language teaching of master's degree students of engineering specialties. There are typical situations that arise in professional communication in the process of creating a teaching program. Professionals' requirements regarding speech are taken into account. The method of projects in teaching allows master's degree students to show independence in planning, organizing, controlling their activities, studying practical problems of modern age by means of a foreign language in the real information space. Designing the teaching program based on new educational standards imposes new requirements on assessing relevant competencies in master's degree students. Individual work as an integral element of the educational process contributes to the improvement of professional qualifications.