Formation of professional competence of students in the process of learning English in a professional direction

Abstract

A modern specialist is a product of self–creation, a person's subjective desire to learn, independent acquisition of knowledge, conscious orientation to self control, self-development and activity in all spheres. All this is the result of the student's academic competence acquired during his studies at a higher educational institution, because it is there that his abilities and learning ability manifest themselves. One of the components of the academic competence of students of non-speech specialties is the knowledge of foreign languages, which allows the student to work with various educational and scientific sources, reference books, professional information, etc.; conduct business correspondence, work effectively with a computer, find information on the Internet, libraries of foreign universities, databases of scientific papers, communicate with colleagues fromabroad, to gain new knowledge through knowledge of a foreign language and the like. Knowledge of foreign languages plays a significant role in the formation of professional competence of graduates of non speech specialties. However, it should be borne in mind that professional competence is not a permanent value: it is constantly changing under the influence of external factors, scientific and technological progress, etc. There is no established list of competencies, since each profession has a unique set of abilities inherent only to it, without mastering which the process of adaptation and subsequent professional performance of their duties can cause significant problems. Despite a large number of scientific papers on theoretical and practical aspects of the diagnosis of foreign language professional competence of students in the process of learning English in a professional direction, some important aspects remain unresolved, namely: the definition of the concept of "foreign language professional competence" remains controversial.