LANGUAGE SUPPORT FOR DEVELOPMENT OF PROFESSIONAL FOREIGN LANGUAGE COMPETENCE OF ECONOMICS STUDENTS USING MOOCS

Abstract

The article reveals a problem of finding new tools for the development of professional foreign language competence of students in economic areas of study. The author focuses on language support for the process of professional foreign language competence development using subject MOOCs on economics in a foreign language. The electronic language support course is aimed at supporting the studying MOOC materials and contains language and speech tasks designed to master professional terminology, the knowledge of which is aimed to help students study MOOCs with greater benefit. Diagnostics of development of the monitored competence demonstrate the effectiveness of the integrated use of MOOCs and an electronic course of language support. The survey data also state an increase in learning motivation in the study of the discipline.