New ways to teach foreign languages for specific purposes in the field of medicine
Modern psycholinguistic theories of intercultural communication and language consciousness are discussed as the basis to investigate culture specific aspects of professional consciousness and to develop a new generation of textbooks on intercultural professional communication for non-linguistics specialties. The article also discusses two successful projects of the Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, namely the new curriculum in Medical English called International Clinical Session and the Master’s degree curriculum in Foreign Languages and Intercultural Professional Communication designed for medical specialists.