THE TECHNOLOGY OF LISTENING SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
The ability to communicate in a foreign language is becoming increasingly popular and necessary in the world. Some people regard it as a hobby, someone needs a language to feel free while traveling, others need it for work. Knowledge of a foreign language has ceased to be a fashionable hobby, and has become a vital necessity in the modern world, developing in the direction of globalization. Now the ability to speak a foreign language is not only a desirable but a necessary skill for a successful career development. It applies to all areas of professional activity, as not only professionals are increasingly valued, but those who, in addition to the main profession, can also speak one or more foreign languages. We need people who can read a foreign article on their subject, participate in international conferences, and work with foreign partners. In the modern world, the requirements for language skills for university students have changed. If previously more attention was paid to reading and translating of texts on a selected specialty, now the emphasis has been shifted to speaking and listening. Without these deeply ingrained skills, no full-fledged friendly, creative and business contacts are possible. Developing of listening skills should be one of the priority directions in teaching of foreign languages in a technical university. According to the old requirements, listening was not the main point of teaching. The method of its training is «not enough theoretically and practically developed, especially for the older age group of students at university. It results in the search for ways to improve the efficiency of developing listening skills, and this search is justified» [1]. The article is devoted to the problem of training listening skills in English classes. In this paper, the author summarizes the knowledge on this subject and, based on her own work experience, suggests one of the ways to solve this problem.