DEVELOPMENT OF PROFESSIONALLY-ORIENTED WRITING SKILLS WITH ECONOMISTS-TO-BE IN TEACHING A SPECIALTY LANGUAGE AS A DEMANDED COMPONENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

Abstract

The article is devoted to issues of forming such competences as professionally oriented writing in a foreign language when teaching students of economic specialties. The main functions of academic writing in a foreign language are revealed on the basis of the analysis of methodological literature and expert survey. Based on the forming experiment the demanded skills and abilities that are necessary for competent composition of written works within specialisation are described; the results of the process of teaching professionally-oriented writing are shown; an example of a writing task for students who are involved in studying Management is given. The conclusion presents recommendations for development of professionally oriented writing skills of undergraduate students. The author concludes that students should have the opportunity to practice various forms and functions of writing and, within the framework of these learning tasks, develop skills related to the creation of a written product (supervisor’s report or management assignment report, business letter, memo, claim, demand, etc.). Tasks should be designed in such a way that their implementation includes a full-fledged process of planning, organizing, creating and revising the written material.