FEATURES OF REALISATION OF THE COMMUNICATIVE APPROACH IN TEACHING FOREIGN LANGUAGE TO NON-LINGUISTIC UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

Abstract

The authors, based on the reflection of their own pedagogical experience and the scientific methodological literature, identify the most significant features of the communicative approach to teaching non-linguistic students a foreign language in the modern Russian university space. For this purpose, the term “communicative approach” is revealed in relation to the study of foreign languages. The experience of its implementation in universities and other educational organizations of Russia is analyzed. An important interim conclusion is made about fundamental applicability of this methodological approach in teaching a foreign language to students in case of expanding some educational activities. The following recommendations are offered on the use of an appropriate approach to teaching a foreign language to bachelor, specialist and master students in modern non-linguistic universities.