THE ROLE OF PROFESSIONALLY-ORIENTED TEXTS IN COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE BUILDING AMONG NON-LINGUISTIC UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
One of the main features of the modern higher education system is the focus on acquisition and the ability to apply the practical skills necessary to solve specific practical problems. In this regard, the requirements for the level of language training in a technical university have undergone significant changes. The purpose of the article is to consider professionally-oriented reading as one of the components in future specialists’ speech activity. It is emphasized that FL (foreign language) reading skills is a means of professional communicative competence building, as well as a condition for successful professional activity and communication. The stages of teaching reading, types of professionally-oriented reading, as well as the teacher’s role and function in the text selection and students’ motivation are described. The article also offers examples of exercises for each stages of working with a FL text.