FOREIGN LANGUAGES LEARNING PROCESS BASED ON PROJECT METHODS IN NON-LINGUISTIC UNIVERSITIES
The paper considers the project activities in the teaching of foreign language at higher educational institutions. In the article we analyze the specific functions of the project activities. One of the main functions of the project method is the communicative function, which promotes the learners' communication skills, that is, the ability to work together with other people. This method allows to use integrated knowledge, applying the language in a situation close to a real professional activity. In our work we consider the implementation of the method on the example of several projects carried out as extracurricular independent work by students of a higher educational institution . In terms of the methodology for teaching foreign languages, the project method is based on several principles, including interest in project implementation on the part of the participants, connection of the project with real life, leading coordinating role of the teacher, cross-cultural nature of projects and structural completeness. This allows students gain experience with scientific articles, source selection, analysis, drawing conclusions, as well as the ability to present their work in the form of a presentation and gain experience in public speaking.