компетентностный подход

The article considers conditions and ways of development of teamwork skills in the context of foreign language teaching at university. Aspects of competency-based approach functioning as the methodological basis of the modern system of higher education are analysed. Special attention is paid to the issues of the development of teamwork skills, which the author defines as the most neededsoft skills.The article points out that high level of these competencies is necessary for the university graduate to achieve success in their professional field.

The article deals with the problem of vocational guidance in the context of the competency approach. The problem discussed in the article is the possibility of project activities in the development of orientation competence.

The article considers the competence approach as the main basis of the social and professional adaptation of the students. The author elaborates the term «the social and professional adaptation of the students», shows the necessity of the development of the indexes for its formation. The major factors, which determine the process of the development of the social and professional adaptation, are defined. The main parts of the program, which provides the efficiency of the social and professional adaptation of the students, are presented.

The article is devoted to the study of the problems of the competence-based approach implementation while teaching at the institutes of higher education. The terms «competency» and «competence-based approach» are expounded in details. The aims of the competence-based approach are determined; the classification of the key competencies that the students master at English lessons is given. Using of the competence-based approach in foreign languages teaching at high school is described.

The article considers questions of independent work optimization as particular students’ learning and cognitive activity organization, stimulating the necessity in self-education, self-studying and continual professional perfection. The effectiveness of students’ independent work is connected with the enlargement of the cognitive activity area, the individual’s attitude to its substance and aspiration for achieving the stated objectives.