BASIC PRINCIPLES IN THE FORMATION OF COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE OF MEDICINE SPECIALISTS

Abstract

Purposeful formation of language competence as a fundamental form of communicative competence of specialists in the field of medicine enhances the effectiveness of foreign language learning in the whole system of postgraduate education. Foreign language researcher’s teaching, focused on practical needs related to their professional activities, is possible in case of the content training of the language competence basic principles. This paper presents basic premises of English language training employed at the department of foreign languages of the ‘North-Western State Mechnikov Medical University’ in Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation.