INDEPENDENT WORK OF ECONOMICS STUDENTS AT NON-LINGUISTIC UNIVERSITIES AS A TOOL TO IMPROVE THE LEVEL OF PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCES

Abstract

The article examines an issue of improving the level of professional competences of economics students with the help of independent work which is organized in class, as well as a part of out-of-class activities. Nowadays, students are more interested in particular professional skills which may be applied on the spot, such as negotiating, delivering various types of presentations and writing business letters. As for academic classes, they also imply acquisition of practical language skills. There is grammar practice, vocabulary activities, monologues and dialogues and reading strategies. Assuming the fact that independent work in English university classes is one of the key components of the curriculum and it contributes to more efficient acquisition of professional terminology, it is to admit the necessity to pay more attention to independent work as well as to make teaching English more targeted in terms of professional competences.