ISSUES FOR FORMATION OF COMPETENCE OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE DISCOURSE IN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS STUDYING INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Abstract

The research is aimed at identifying the issues of foreign language discursive formation competence among students of I, II- and III-year students of the MGIMO-Tashkent branch. The research topic is relevant in modern pedagogy due to the fact that the modified and updated paradigm in higher education requires professional competence from specialists in the international relations specialty, an integral part of which is fluency in a foreign language along with the norms of foreign language professional communication. The aim of the article is to identify the issues of foreign language discursive competence formation among students in the international relations specialty on the basis of the MGIMO-Tashkent branch. As part of the study, students of I, II, and III year students enrolled in private and civil law, together with analysis and modeling of socio-economic processes programs on the basis of the MGIMO branch in Tashkent, are surveyed, which contributes to determination of the indicator in the formation of students’ foreign language discursive competence along with the identification of problems in the formation of students’ foreign language discursive competence in the international relations specialty. Results of the study reveal that students of all three years have issues in professional and scientific discourses due to the lack of proper preparation as well as the absence of background knowledge. The main issues in the foreign language discursive competence formation among students are the insufficient number of specialty language hours and the specialized literature shortage, including the scientific one, as well as not having enough qualified teachers specializing in the specialty language. The article contributes to the development of the theory and practice of pedagogy in higher education, supplementing and expanding the theoretical foundations for the formation of foreign language discursive competence in the context of training lawyers and specialists in the field of business informatics.