Keyword: «teaching a language for specific purposes»

Nowadays, the issue of teaching Language for Specific Purposes to students of non-linguistic majors and the necessity to form professionally significant competence by means of a foreign language are paid much attention to, both in our country and abroad. This makes the present article relevant. The purpose of the article is to show the peculiarity of mastering a foreign language by students of non-linguistic majors. This peculiarity determines the topics chosen for classes and the requirements for the training material. The authors of the article aimed at examining the effectiveness of sources of media content used in teaching Language for Specific Purposes to students of non-linguistic majors. The authors also offer questions and tasks based on Ted Talks. Ted Talks is an open educational resource comprising presentations at conferences on different topics. The research is based on the contextual approach to teaching Language for Specific Purposes, which presupposes that information should be perceived in context by modelling content area of professional activity at English classes. As a result of the research, the authors revealed and explained the advantages of Ted Talks. The research showed that such Internet resources help to form professional competence by means of a foreign language and allow students to use a foreign language successfully in their future profession and be ready for cross-cultural communication. Theoretical significance of the article lies in the contribution it makes to the creation of professional environment for communication by means of modern educational technologies that will allow students to plunge into foreign language environment, witness cultural-specific realities and hear modern foreign speech. The results of the research may be used for further study of the problem of teaching Language for Specific Purposes. Practical significance of the article is in the possibility to use offered tasks at English classes with 2nd -4th year students of economic majors depending on their level of English.