Innovation in Language Learning

Developing specialized foreign language communicative competencies is one of the main goals of higher education. The level of competencies development depends on the learners’ skills in the foreign language reading, writing, listening and speaking. Interpersonal and professional cooperation enhances the importance of speaking skills.

However, communication practice of our students as well as the practical experience show that some speaking skills have not reached the sufficient level, learners face some problems to express their ideas and thoughts in the professional setting. Specialized foreign language speaking skills development is closely connected with the professional skills development. All these skills are interrelated and affect the efficiency of professional education in higher educational institution. The discrepancy between the goals of the Educational Standards in foreign language competencies development and their practical realization, as well as between the students’ intention to implement the professional communication in a foreign language and not sufficient level of their speaking skills determines the topicality of the problem.