FRENCH FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES FOS: ORIGIN AND PECULIARITIES OF APPROACH

Abstract

Due to the process of European integration in Ukraine the demand for highly qualified specialists, with a fairly high level of language skills is constantly increasing. This demand concerns not only foreign philology specialists, but also specialists in other fields of knowledge as humanities or techniques. The development of Ukraine's cooperation with French-speaking countries in different cultural, educational, economic, social and political spheres is possible only in the presence of the French-speaking Ukrainian specialists. Teaching foreign languages has undergone various changes associated with the development of many methods and different approaches to the study of a foreign language. Nowadays, the traditional study of the French language, without taking into consideration peculiarities of learner specialty, fades into the background, giving way to the studying of a foreign language for learner’s needs and purposes. The article is an attempt to highlight the emergence of a special approach to the study of French – franзais sur objectifs spйcifiques, identify the main stages of its development, give their characteristics, describe the current state of this approach and perspectives of its development. Also, attention is focused on the main difficulties associated with teaching and learning of the French language within the FOS.