Master students’ research competence development in the process of foreign language teaching
The article is devoted to the problem of master students’ research competence development in the process of foreign language teaching. The necessity of research competence formation as the most valuable component of professional and scientific activity is pointed out. It is noted that the development of research competence should be based on research project and creative activity, reading and analysis of special scientific texts. The research oriented tasks offered on the foreign language courses are shown to aid the students in research competence formation as well as in development of specific skills and approaches to organization of scientific and research activities. The in-class foreign language studies introduce the students to contemporary rules and norms of scientific writing communication which are to be taken into account in the foreign language academic text writing work. Special attention is paid to the lexical and grammatical peculiarities of scientific style of foreign language academic texts. The article outlines that the competent use of research oriented project tasks contributes to the development of the students’ scientific interests and creativity.