INTEGRATION OF PROFESSIONAL DISCIPLINES AND FOREIGN LANGUAGE IN A MODERN UNIVERSITY: TPU EXPERIENCE
The present article analyses approaches to teaching a foreign language based on the principle of integration with studying professional disciplines. The experience of Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU) for the period from 2000 to the present is subject to analysis. The work substantiates the importance of integrating professional disciplines and a foreign language, which is caused by the new requirements of modern society, specifically, such phenomena as globalization and informatization of higher professional education and the intellectual labor market, where foreign language communicative competence occupies a significant position in the professional development of specialists and production sectors. The article describes ESP, EAP, EMI, CLIL and ERP specifics.The author analyzes their advantages and disadvantages in terms of efficiency of application and the final result. The author reviews the experience of TPU regarding the application of ESP, EAP, EMI, CLIL and ERP during the definite time periods and describes the reasons for using each of them within the framework of the current university development strategy. The transitions from one approach to another is stipulated by the characteristic features of a designated period. As a result, the article concludes that the experience of TPU is quite rich and multifaceted, in view of the fact that ESP, EAP, EMI, CLIL and ERP have been successfully used for the past 19 years. The study of a foreign language throughout the specified period is associated with the study of the subject area at the middle and final stages of training, which positively affects the effectiveness of education in general.