FOREIGN LANGUAGE EDUCATION OF FUTURE SPECIALISTS IN APPLIED MECHANICS

Abstract

The paper describes the basic requirements for the professional and personal competencies of future specialists in applied mechanics in accordance with the normative documents. The questions of the place and role of foreign language training in the process of professional training of future specialists in applied mechanics as a component of vocational training which contributes to the formation of common (personal) competencies are discussed. The definition of the term “professionally oriented foreign language training of future specialists in applied mechanics” (as the process of foreign language training focused on the formation of foreign language professional competence for solving professional tasks in the area of applied mechanics) is proposed. The components of the implementation of the process of professionally oriented foreign language training which have some particularities in relation to the stage of studying (educational and content, target based, procedural and action based, productive) are generalized. The main stages of implementation of the process of foreign language training (“Introduction to English for General Engineering”, “English for General Engineering”, “English for Professional Purposes”, “English for Professional Communication. Business English”, “English Professional Communication Practicum”, “English Scientific Communication Practicum”)
and their influence on the professional training of future specialists in applied mechanics are analyzed