THE FORMATION OF FUTURE LINGUIST’S SPEECH CULTURE IN THE PROCESS OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY

Abstract

The most recent progressive social and cultural changes have significantly expanded the functions of foreign languages. Currently, the foreign language is not only a key point of intercultural communication, but also an indispensable component of the competent teacher’s professionalism. The modern linguist`s speech culture acts as one of the key components of his general and professional culture. Therefore, the formation of speech culture is one of the priority tasks of modern education. The following article is dedicated to the matter of developing of the speech culture during the process of learning a foreign language. The speech culture stands out as a main component of the future linguist`s professional culture. The article also contains the analysis of general requirements to speech culture of the modern linguist’s teacher. The nature of the decrease in the level of speech culture is analyzed and the general aspects for its formation are determined.