THE SPECIFICS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPETENCE-BASED APPROACH IN TEACHING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE AT A UNIVERSITY AT THE PRESENT STAGE

Abstract

The article deals with problems of implementing a competence-based approach in teaching a foreign language at a university at the present stage. Attention is drawn to the stages of development of the competence approach, the specifics of its formation and significance at the present stage. It is concluded that one of the most important goals of the implementation of the considered approach is the formation of communicative competence, the features of its implementation in language learning within the university are considered, it is concluded that conceptually the implementation of this approach within a non-linguistic university and high school are similar to each other. It is noted that the key problem of implementing the competence approach in teaching a foreign language at a university is the assessment of competencies, in our opinion the most effective is the criterion method of assessment.