Speech Culture at the University: an Academic Discipline or a Vital Problem?
This article posed the problem of students’ speech culture. The low level of students’ speech culture is the result of short-sighted education policy, since the “Russian Language and Speech Culture” discipline is excluded from the curriculum. At the same time some lecturers do not have sufficient speech competence, and it reduces the students’ motivation for teaching and research work. The article presents some results of the analysis of scientific texts written by the university professors.