SEMINARS AS THE MAIN COMPONENT OF THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS WHEN TEACHING STUDENTS PROFESSIONAL ENGLISH

Abstract

The article studies a seminar in English for students of a non-linguistic university. According to the author, in the era of digitalization, seminars, nevertheless, remain the main and powerful component in learning a foreign language. Thanks to new technologies and achievements, the educational environment in the world and in our country is being transformed, as are our students, personalities of the Internet era. A modern English language class at a university should involve all kinds of tools and innovative technologies and professional programs, interesting articles and video stories that help to form a stable motivation to learn a foreign language and interest to the chosen profession. Nevertheless, a modern professor should be an expert in the methodology of teaching foreign languages in order not to sink in the available modern material but know how to use the didactic principles and components of a successful practical off line class. The article suggests the necessary main stages of the seminar and the necessary tasks, techniques, methods of work that can form stable communicative professional skills of modern students, their motivation and desire to learn.