COMMUNICATIVE EXERCISES AS A COMPONENT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE OF FUTURE DOCTORS

Abstract

The article deals with the practical usage expediency of English language communicative exercises as a component of medical students’ professional competence. The essence of foreign language competence as a constituent of the professional culture of Health Care worker is ascertained. The formation of a medical student’s foreign language competence is an important concept of the professional education in higher educational medical establishments and is realized by mastering the features of language competence at its phonetic, lexical and grammatical levels of study. The attention is concentrated on the necessity of educational communicative exersices’ analysis as a core component of English for Specific Purposes (ESP). The problems of special subject contents within the course of ESP, selection of teaching materials, development of students’ communicative component in the mastering of the English language skills are examined. The main components of the medical students’ lexical competence are described; science-based classification system of exercises for the formation of communicative competence is considered; the necessity of lexical mastering for proper opinion formation is emphasized. The examples of communicative lexical exercises for the implementation of professional speech activities of medical students in professional English classes are suggested. The practical usage of the communicative exercises develops speech skills and abilities for an opportunity to evaluate, express own opinions and promote self-development and self-actualization of medical students is clarified in this article.