The place of special foreign language in the competence structure of an expert in foreign economic activities
The article examines the problem of foreign language (English) importance in the competence structure of an expert in the foreign economic activities. The authors of the article underline the global importance as the communicative means of communication. The authors research the question of the professional training of an economist as an expert in the field of foreign economic activities, paying special attention to developing of all kinds of speech activity while training students of non-linguistic high school: reading, speaking, listening and writing. The article gives the analysis of the traditional contents of foreign language teaching in a non-linguistic high school, and the new methodical principles of the training process are suggested. The professional-oriented English teaching are researched connected with getting communicative competence of a definite level. The authors present the structure of competences of an economist and list his professional skills and abilities.