APPLICATION OF AN INTEGRATIVE APPROACH IN THE PROCESS OF TEACHING ENGLISH AT A MEDICAL UNIVERSITY

Abstract

The article discusses the effective use of an integrative approach in teaching English at a medical university. The necessity of its integration into the future physicians’ language training at the Russian higher medical education system present development stage is proved. Based on the special literature analysis, the effectiveness of this approach in the process of forming a modern specialist capable of surviving and succeeding in the dynamically changing modern social conditions is demonstrated. The main possibilities existing for the introduction of the integrative approach into the system of future physicians’ language training are investigated. Further, the main pedagogical conditions that contribute to the effective application of the integrative approach in the process of teaching English to future doctors are studied.