FOREIGN-LANGUAGE PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE DEVELOPMENT APPLYING THE CLIL TECHNOLOGY IN TEACHING NON-LINGUISTIC UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

Abstract

The article discusses the experience of using the CLIL technology in teaching the discipline “Foreign language in the professional sphere (English)” to students completing the political science major. The need to use this technology and its relevance are justified, implementation of the key principles – content, cognition, communication, culture, used by the instructor as well as the experience of selecting authentic material in accordance with the technology are described. The author examines the structure of the lesson based on the CLIL technology, as well as gives examples of tasks designed specifically to develop students’ foreign language professional-communicative competence. The paper also touches upon some of the challenges that instructors and students face while teaching/learning in a CLIL lesson.

Keywords

• английский язык
• предметно-языковое интегрированное обучение
• иноязычная профессионально-коммуникативная компетенция
• аутентичный материал
• высшее образование
• english
• clil
• foreign language professional-communicative competence
• authentic material
• tertiary education