PROFESSIONALLY ORIENTED LANGUAGE'S TEACHING FOR THE SPECIALISTS IN THE FIELD OF MEDICINE

Abstrak

In the face of the newly approved professional standards for medical specialists university teachers of foreign language are expected to teach students to fulfill their job functions and solve professional problems using communicative skills and competences determined in the Federal State Educational Standards. Moreover, teachers are expected to meet the needs of all students, supporting their autonomy and moving them toward fulfillment of their individual potential. Based on a review of research, theory, and current practices of teaching English for medical students, this paper emphasizes the autonomy-oriented approach to the educational process organization. In the context of teaching Medical English, the autonomy-oriented approach means personalisation of the educational process through the use of a complex of educational practices. In the framework of the autonomy-oriented approach, we determined conditions which are able to ensure a new type of profession-focused foreign language teaching.