TEACHING STUDENTS OF TECHNICAL SPECIALTIES OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE WRITING BY THE EXAMPLE OF CREATING SHORT ESSAY TEXT

Abstract

The article studies a current problem of studying a foreign language to students of non-linguistic universities, considered in the aspect of using the method of short essays. The first section of the paper highlights and describes the characteristic features of the need to teach a foreign language to students of technical specialization. The relevance of the modern use of the language by students of the technical profile of education is substantiated. Tasks that determine the importance of studying the latter are listed. Opinions of theorists on the characteristics of the motives of teaching foreign speech are presented. The second section describes written speech, considered by the authors as a more complex component of learning than oral. Goals and objectives of written speech that can be applied in relation to teaching a foreign language to students of technical specialties are given. The third final section is devoted to the analysis of short essay texts. The idea is substantiated that the use of the latter represents a wide range of opportunities for the student in mastering various competence features.