MINOR PROGRAM IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE EDUCATION - THE POSSIBILITY OF BROADENING ONE'S HORIZONS OR ACQUIRING ADDITIONAL SPECIALIZATION

Abstract

This article talks about the introduction of the Minor program into the educational program of the specialty "Foreign Language Teacher Training". The advantage of this program is the possibility of acquiring additional specialization, as well as expanding own horizons. The introduction of the Minor program “Professional-specific intercultural communication (natural science, economics, humanitarian profiles) into the educational process for students of the Pedagogical Faculty of Foreign Languages ​​contributed to the development of a profile-oriented sectoral foreign language in these three areas. For each of these areas, labor functions were defined, in accordance with which the content was developed and the course program was oriented. For each selected area, relevant topics and subtopics were identified, a communicative-speech register was created, communicative situations, textual and audio-video material were selected. At present, specialists who speak a foreign language in a certain field of activity at a professional level are in great demand, that is, the problem of training professional personnel in a foreign language sectoral education becomes relevant, and the profiles noted in this article are most in demand in the modern domestic labor market. Modern trends in the development of the education sector involve international interaction and joint projects at all levels, starting from school. Therefore, at present, specialists of a wide range are required, on the one hand, teachers who are competent in the field of modeling the subject-procedural content of foreign language education within the framework of the socio-economic, natural science and humanitarian areas and analytics in the field of external interaction, on the other hand. Thus, to meet the future school teachers of foreign languages with the modern requirements of the school and society, there is the need to provide such a Minor course at a university in order to obtain additional specialization and competitiveness in the domestic labor market.