Demands to the development of a basic educational program in Linguisticson the basis of competence approach

The paper deals with the questions of educationalprogram effective modernization, which is realized at the Faculty of Foreign Languages according to modern requirements. The peculiarity ofthis development is considered to be the competence approach in selection of themes, forms and methods for education, varieties of control testsdetermining the content of educational process, i.e. the indication of competences set, being formed in the process of teaching. The problem ofgraduates employment assistance, their competitive ability in our modern world has defined the necessity of a new educational program tosatisfy the labour-market demands. Close cooperation with the representatives of organizations-potential employers in the development of curriculum,working programs of disciplines, organization of practical and training work are regarded as an effective way of educational programmodernization and its professional orientation reinforcement. The competitive qualification the student expects to obtain as a result of studyingaccording to the program is considered to be the measure of its value. In this connection while working out a new program and its realization itis necessary to pay attention to the possibility of its realization (how the program corresponds to the demand in specialists of potential employers),its potential (demand forecast on the specialists trained at this program, changing in the demand), its economic effectiveness (the presenceof resources which are essential for its development and realization, the necessity of bringing in additional teachers and retraining those whowork at the faculty). While developing a new educational program of Theory and Practice of Intercultural Communication at the Faculty ofForeign Languages, marketing research results in the introduction of some disciplines in regional and institutional components of the curriculum,which are necessary for certain professional skills formation required for specialists-linguists, and in the development of new educationalprograms of disciplines together with the representatives of partner organizations. On the whole, the curriculum has been evaluated by expertson the part of organizations and the plan of actions in attracting organizations collaborators to the creation of new programs and methodicalmaterials has been worked out. Special questionnaires for organizations managers and faculty graduates have been arranged to evaluate thestrong and weak points of the educational program aimed at the introduction of necessary changes in the process of education.

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