Analysis of Study Guide "German for Candidates for a Master's Degree of All Training Programmes"
Currently training material revision becomes an urgent issue along with the adoption of multilevel system of higher education and intensive introduction of educational competence-based approach of teaching which is reflected in the Federal State Education Standards of higher education. When composing new study guides the authors should take into account the main principles of upbringing the foreign language communicative competence. It is significant to choose not only informative and practically useful material but also to present it as interesting as possible. The authors of the article analyze the recently published study guide for undergraduates in German from the point of view of the implementation of all the principles and its multitasking.