THE NECESSITY OF FOLLOWING READING PRINCIPLES IN TEACHING A SPECIALITY LANGUAGE AT NON-LANGUAGE HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS

Abstract

The article deals with some peculiarities of foreign language training with students of non-linguistic higher education institutions based on the using texts of works in fiction literature that are issued by American and British publishers. There are some principles of teaching reading in a foreign language and text selection criteria which promote the interest of the students and expand their cognitive abilities and aims, encourage independent learning. They are also presented in the article. As the example of teaching reading literature on the discipline of “Economics”, the list of English-speaking authors (classics and contemporaries), whose works are in demand and arouse students’ interest, is provided. The conclusion is following: while developing textbooks on the discipline “Foreign language in professional sphere” the authors have to take into account cognitive value, comprehensiveness of the text and its subject peculiarities. Students will perceive working with text as a pleasure rather than as a speech activity if their attention is focused on the narrative rather than on complex collocations and grammatical structures.