A set of exercises to develop professional foreign language skills of technical university students

Abstract

Introduction. Higher educational institutions are faced with the task of forming a modern specialist who has not only professional titles and skills, but also speaks at least one foreign language. Professional foreign language skills are necessary for interaction with foreign colleagues, for working with scientific and technical literature, patents, manuals, characteristics, instructions, etc. For the formation of professional foreign language skills of students of a technical university, a clear plan with a certain set (complex) of exercises aimed at the formation of students' communicative competence is necessary. Since half of the study time is allocated for independent study, this complex should also be focused on independent performance both at home and in the classroom. Goal. Allocation of a set of exercises for the formation of professional foreign language skills of technical profile students. Materials and methods. Theoretical and empirical research methods were used to conduct the study. Results and discussion. The study presents the results of a pedagogical experiment to test the effectiveness of the developed set of exercises. A distinctive feature of this study is that a structured approach to the process of formation of professional foreign language skills of students of a technical university is proposed. This approach makes it possible to increase the effectiveness of training, systematize the work of the teacher and students. Conclusion. The presented set of exercises for the formation of professional foreign language skills of students of a technical profile allows the most effective and in a shorter period to form foreign language communicative competencies of students.