THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE SKILLS WHILE TRAINING STUDENTS OF NATURAL SCIENCES

Abstract

The article considers the circle of scientists who are studying the problem of teaching English in Ukraine. Much attention is paid to conducting of listening in students’ audience. The urgency of the issue is specified. It has been noted that such kind of methodological, pedagogical and language-related activities in the university contributes to the training of young people for future professional work, where employers often expect the employees to be able to communicate directly with foreigners. It is stressed that the theoretical and practical study of this issue is important for improving of students knowledge level, the formation of foreign language competence. The definition of the term «listening» is shown. Different types of exercises, which train students to percept the linguistic material effectively, are highlighted. Psycho-pedagogical experiment in several groups of students was performed and described. According to results of conducted observation, productive text selection criterion for listening is defined. Great attention is paid to listening skills formating. The necessity of this kind of receptive-speech activities among students of Natural Sciences is argued.