National competitions for high school students in continuing foreign language education
The article provides a new point of view on high school students' national competitions in foreign languages and defines them as a liaison and an integrating element that provides the continuity and succession of foreign language teaching in the “school - university” paradigm. The authors study how the principles of continuity and vocational education are implemented in the model of the Herzen competition for high school students in foreign languages, and compare the formats of the Herzen competition and the General State Exam in foreign languages.