Проблеми сучасної психології (Jan 2017)
Psychological principles of foreign-language communicative competence formation belonging to future specialists in socionomic professions.
Abstract
An analysis of the approaches to the problem on deter-mining the criteria for the formation of the foreign-language communicative competence of future specialists in socionomic professions showed that they all reflect the component composition of the foreign-language communication culture. It is characterized by several indicators, which are distinguished in the process of formation of the foreign-language communicative culture of future specialists of socionomic professions. It is shown that foreign-language communicative competence is an important component in the process of training future specialists in socionomic professions and it is a complex integrated concept, which includes cognitive, emotional and value, and activities-based components. It is noted that the foreign-language communicative competence of future specialists in socionomic professions may be the object of purposeful influence of the educational process in order to improve the quality of a future specialist’s training, and the ways of its formation will be largely determined by the chosen speciality. It is found out that the relevant organization of foreign language lessons provides a higher level of future socionomic specialists’ mastering the foreign language communicative competence at the initial stage of studying at higher educational institutions with the skills of foreign communication. It is summarized that the process of learning foreign language communication becomes much more effective if the content of the program corresponds to the professional orientation and promotes a higher level of students’ mastering the means of foreign language communication, provides the opportunity for creative freedom and self-expression, enables to realize the dialogue of the native culture and the culture of the country, which language is studied, that is, it provides an opportunity to engage in intercultural intercourse in order to prepare highly skilled and competent future specialists in socionomic professions.
