The formation of postgraduate students’ foreign language communicative competence

Abstract

The article deals with relevant problems of training qualified specialists who know a foreign language. The ways of formation of foreign professional and communicative competence of undergraduates of the scientific and pedagogical profile are shown. In the article the communicative competence is considered as an obligatory component of professional skill of pedagogical specialists. The didactic and methodical literature on the issues of the scientific community for the formation of a professional communicative competence other than that of undergraduates of the scientific and pedagogical profile was analyzed. The essence and structure of foreign professional and communicative competence are defined, the meaningful understanding of this competence in vocational education at the master's level is carried out, and the specificity of scientifically oriented communications is reflected. The authors concluded that the communicative competence ensures the success of the basic tasks of communication and self-realization of the individual and is expressed in mastering linguistic skills, observing specific socio-cultural norms of speech behavior.