DEVELOPMENT OF PROFESSIONAL FOREIGN LANGUAGE COMPETENCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES STUDENTS (BASED ON THE TOPIC “ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS”)

Abstract

The article is devoted to the development of a methodology for forming the professional foreign language competence of undergraduate students majoring in “Ecology and Environmental Management” using the topic “Environmental problems” as an example. The objective of the research is to describe the stages of forming foreign language communicative competence within the context of the professional training of ecologists. The scientific novelty lies in the comprehensive description of the methodology, which addresses an existing gap in this field. This work is based on the principles of the lexical approach to foreign language teaching, reveals the specifics of developing foreign language lexical competence in students of non-linguistic specialties, and includes an original set of exercises aimed at mastering the terminology on the topic “Environmental Pollution.” The practical significance consists in the possibility of using the developed materials in the Foreign Language course for ecologists and students of other natural science specialties. The set of exercises includes tasks for mastering basic terminology on the topic under consideration, studying the collocational and word-formation possibilities of lexical units; in addition, discussion and creative tasks aimed at systematizing knowledge and developing communication skills are proposed.