Keyword: «bachelors»

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.

The article describes planning and implementation of extracurricular independent work using remote technologies – Moodle. Two examples of distance courses on academic subjects for third year bachelors are presented. The authors make analysis of students’ attitude to Moodle and their independence level formation.

The article is concerned with the issue of motivating students of a language specialty to reading texts of a detective genre in their home reading classes. The article describes the results of a survey of a pilot group of bachelor students of the “International Relations” course regarding their interest in reading detective works.

this article discusses the educational motivation of students. There is a certain specificity of the predominance of external and internal motives when comparing bachelor's and master's students of the first year of full-time education. It is also proposed to consider some recommendations on the results obtained.

Currently, there is a huge competition in the labor market with a balance of supply and demand, and, more than ever, there is a problem of activating human potential. Employers try to select employees who are able to work hard and productively, and employees, in order to be in demand and successful, try to maximize their professional potential and creative abilities, to achieve the highest results in the profession. However, higher educational institutions interact with employers only formally. It is important to establish partnership with employers in the process of training at a university on the basis of mutually beneficial cooperation, including regular interaction with educational customers in the learning process and to form a professional orientation among students, immersing them in professional activities from the first year. The aim of the study is to define and theoretically substantiate a set of conditions, technologies, mechanisms that ensure the formation of the professional orientation of economics majors in the educational process of the university. In the proposed technology, the method of modular training is used, which makes it possible to divide the educational process into separate independent units. The author's target program developed with the use of the mechanism of social partnership and interaction is presented. The article clarifies the concept of the formation of a professional orientation of an individual, reveals the grounds for designing and the content of the author's target program for the formation of a professional orientation in bachelors at the university, characterizes the stages and gives scientifically grounded practical recommendations for improving program support and diagnostic support of the pedagogical process. The results of the application of the program were high indicators of the formation of a professional orientation among bachelors, consisting of educational and professional motivation of students, formation of professional ideas, independence in decision-making, formation of professional thinking, development of creative abilities and development of a positive attitude towards the future profession.