Current approach to teaching foreign languages for specific purposes at non-linguistic higher educational establishments

Abstract

The article deals with the necessity of making changes in current approaches of teaching a foreign language for specific purposes at non-linguistic higher educational establishments in Ukraine, of activating the process of study by means of updating the forms and methods of teaching. The significance of substitution the authoritarian methods of teaching by cooperative, interactive ones is reported. The importance of researching the issues of interaction and cooperation of lecturers and students while studying and teaching a foreign language for specific purposes is also stated. Some norms of behavior of all the participants of the process of study are covered. The definition of interactive learning is given, and its essence is revealed. The article also enumerates some effective active teaching methods, describes their advantages in comparison with traditional ones. Some demands to the work of lecturers and some goals which they should set themselves in the process of teaching foreign languages for specific purposes are considered.