№ 8 (chair of foreign languages, State University named for S. Yesenin, Ryazan)

The author deals with some aspects and peculiarities of the competence approach and ways of formation of cultural competence of students of international relations department. The author defines the most effective methods and ways in teaching foreign languages from the perspective of the competence approach.

The author considers the peculiarities of the teaching practice in modern university environment. The author specifies the difficulties, which students have during the practice, provides their analysis and suggests the ways of tackling the mentioned problems.

The author deals with the process of cultural creative development of students in the process of formation of foreign communicative competence, which is viewed as building the ability for creative research through active communicative modelling communication patterns in the system of another language, learning foreign cultural phenomena and consolidation of the national cultural experience. The author shows the components of forming creative potential while developing communicative competency, defines certain patterns of pedagogical activity in the process.

The author examines the implementation of competence-based approach in teaching foreign languages to students of nonlinguistic humanitarian specialties. The author presents the generalized experience of the chair of foreign languages to form students’ competence according to the requirements of the Federal State Educational Standards of Russian Federation.

The article aims at providing language learners with the appropriate level of communicative and professional competence through efficient strategies of using authentic teaching aids. The methods of forming discoursive competence, professional and communicative language acquisition are considered in two types of discourse: agricultural and military ones. Both agricultural subject matter and professional issues of the military are treated from the professional point of view in order to enable students to effectively communicate with their foreign counterparts in English.

The author discusses the relevance of key competencies in the higher education system, once analyzed various approaches to the definition of «professional competence», existing in the domestic and foreign science. The author cites the components of professional competence, functions that perform key professional competence in life of every person.

The author believes that one of the ways of intensification of educational activity of students, enhancing their motivation to learn foreign language and educational activity and creativity is the competence approach in teaching foreign languages. The article defines the most effective methods and techniques of teaching students a foreign language from the position of a competence approach.

The author deals with the problem of cross-cultural communication as a mean of communication in the process of teaching foreign languages. The author believes that socio-cultural aspects are the most important and necessary in the process of training of future specialists.

The author deals with the problem of effective general linguistic training of students in humanitarian university. The author gives a definition of the term «general linguistic training system» referring to different types of humanitarian professions; describes the structure of the system; the problems of its development and ways of their solving. The article also suggests basic subjects, study issues and instructional methods to construct an effective system of general linguistic training in a humanitarian university.

The significance of cross-cultural communication is revealed in the article, main approaches to teaching foreign languages are considered.

The author deals with the issues of cultural development and professional training of future teachers of History and English as a Foreign Language. Preparing students for their future professional activity in the field of education we should bear in mind that studying languages and culture, integrating academic, research and cultural activities in socio-cultural regional environment give a strong impetus to professional growth and cultural development of the graduate.

Updated competence approach in the training of students of pedagogical high school in the conditions of introduction of new educational standards is proved in the article. Formation of a foreign language professional communicative competence of the student is seen as a prerequisite for a successful career of students of pedagogical high school. The methods, techniques and educational technology for formation of foreign language professional communicative competence of students of pedagogical high school based on practical experience in the Volgograd State Social Pedagogical University during Foreign Language lessons are described.

The authors concern with professionally-oriented approach to teaching a foreign language. The authors analyze the principles for selection of educational texts and the ways and methods of teaching professionally focused foreign language сcommunication.

The author sums up the author’s experience in using didactic materials of detective genre while teaching cross-cultural communication at a linguistic university to increase the students’ motivation to learning. The author attempts to illustrate how various teaching methods involving whodunits and detective fiction boost interactive and visual compounds of a class and enhance its authenticity, which, in turn, increases creativity and emotional involvement of the students in ESL learning. Motivational component of ESL teaching, creativity, whodunit at ESL classes, interactive games at a foreign language lesson, visualization at ESL classes, authenticity of teaching materials.