MATH MAJOR’S PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY DEVELOPMENT BY MEANS OF ESP COURSE
The article considers students’ professional identity development (SPID) in the field of mathematical sciences by means of the university course English For Specific Purposes (ESP) . It suggests that ESP acquisition should have a significant potential for Russian students’ linguistic socialization in the English-language mathematical discourse. The course also contributes to the SPID by gaining and deepening knowledge on the nature of mathematical thinking in English, as well as by both expanding professional mathematical horizons and understanding the huge role of foreign-language professional competence in the international cooperation though developing flexibility, variability and tolerance in assessing global professional interactions. We define and analyze five components of SPID in terms of their application to university mathematical education. We support our ideas by practical examples of methodological techniques and give recommendations how to implement SPID at Bauman Moscow State Technical University considering Russian federal standards for higher education. In conclusion, some SPID conditions are described: interactivity, communication and interaction among the participants in the English-language mathematical discourse; situated and problem-based learning; recognition and inclusion of students’ individual experience into the practice of international professional communication; judging the cognitive foundations of mathematical knowledge; discourse, analytical, and critical reading of multi-modal specialist texts; orientation to the pragmatic value of ESP component in the future professional activity.