A CREATIVE EDUCATIONAL PROJECT IN A DISTANT ESP COURSE
The article deals with methodological and didactic issues of applying the project method in an ESP course at a non-linguistic university in a distance-learning environment. The article discusses the features of project activity in the e-learning format, its possibilities for stimulating independent cognitive and creative work of students, for obtaining and consolidating both general linguistic and cultural knowledge, and special skills related to professional foreign-language competence, including business communication in a foreign professional community. The study includes a brief analysis of a creative educational project, implemented in the frames of the distant ESP course for apparel design and construction training areas.