Foreign language professional-and-communicative competence in professional education of engineering students

Abstract

The article considers general tendencies of the modern paradigm of higher education and the development of engineering education in Kazakhstan. It reveals the concept of foreign language professional-and-communicative competence as the basic component of professional competency of various professionals including engineering ones. The article presents the content and specificity of teaching a foreign language to engineering students which are focused on the formation of foreign language professional-and-communicative competence of future engineers.