A professionally oriented project in the practice of teaching Russian as a foreign language as a way of developing professional and communicative competence in foreign students majoring in medicine

the article discusses the problem of developing professional and communicative competence among foreign students of medical fields of study at universities, and the authors propose one of the possible solutions to this problem. The relevance of this issue is due to the fact that professional communication is an integral part of the work of future doctors, but as practice shows, foreign students only receive targeted training in developing professional and communicative competence within the framework of the course «Foreign Language». The article examines the competence-based approach in higher education as a leading approach in training future specialists, analyzes the language training of foreign students, and identifies the methodological potential of project activities as a way to develop professional and communicative competence in foreign students. The authors describe a methodological model for working with professional projects in Russian as a foreign language classes, which implements a personality-oriented approach to teaching and correlates with such general didactic principles as the principles of continuity, connection between theory and practice, accessibility, systematicity and consistency, and interdisciplinary interaction. The paper proposes a topic for professional projects for medical students, which correlates with the disciplines of the professional block. This experience can be used by Russian language teachers.

professional and communicative competence, project method, professional-oriented project, Russian as a foreign language, foreign students, medical fields of study