Organizational Aspects of Improving the Process of Teaching Foreign Languages to Economics Students

The relevance of the article is substantiated by the development of international relations, globalization trends and active policy of the state aimed at implementing foreign experience in various spheres of public life, which actualizes the study of foreign language and makes it a tool for obtaining professional knowledge that meets market requirements.

Modern challenges of training highly-qualified and competitive specialists are characterized. The main focus is made on the analysis of current educational programs for Economics students of higher educational institutions. The program results of the foreign language study, basic general and professional competences, including mastering a foreign language and the ability to use it in everyday and professional communication, are identified.

A typical structural logical scheme of the educational and professional bachelor's programs for economic specialties, as well as interdisciplinary and conditional interdisciplinary links between educational components, is analyzed. It is recommended to organize the process of teaching foreign language in higher educational institutions based on the combination of the principles of traditional education and contemporary progressive education. Innovative methods of teaching foreign languages are considered, attention is paid to the necessity of implementation of active teaching methods, modern computer and information technologies that facilitate implementation of innovative teaching methods. Electronic platform Moodle is considered to be effective tool for organizing the work of students and teachers. Key objectives of a modern foreign language teacher, basic principles of traditional and contemporary education, core approaches to foreign language teaching in higher educational institutions are highlighted.