Evgeniya Pyshkareva

Expansion of professional and business international communication, work with documentation in a foreign language, and the possibility of academic mobility necessitated enhancing the ability to enter multicultural business environment for students of engineering and construction training areas. The success of professional and business communication of students is determined to a large extent by the level of proficiency in the foreign language business communicative competence in the sphere of professional activity. The problem of achieving the required level of the foreign language business communicative competence for bachelors and specialists in the field of engineering and technology remains relevant. In the solution of this problem, the integration in the educational process of the electronic information and educational environment of the university is of particular importance. This determined the research aim: theoretical substantiation and practical implementation of the didactic system of establishing the foreign language business communicative competence in the field of professional activity in students of engineering and construction training areas using the electronic information and educational environment of the university, an experimental study of its effectiveness. The article examines the concepts of competence and competency, defines the foreign language business communicative competence in the sphere of professional activity, and analyzes the possibilities of the electronic information and educational environment of the university to build this competence. The authors designed a didactic system model for the building the foreign language business communicative competence in the sphere of professional activity for students of engineering and construction training areas using the electronic information and educational environment of the university. The didactic system is represented by a number of interrelated dynamic elements, organically integrated into the educational process of the university and allowing shifting the emphasis from management to the self-organizing activity of students. The results of experimental research are demonstrated; they showed that the level of the foreign language business communicative competence in the sphere of professional activity was improved as a result of use of the didactic system developed by the authors. The results of the research can be used in the process of professional-language training using the electronic information and educational environment of the university.