Professional language competence of technical university students: concept, its specificity and development

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to provide a strict definition of a concept “competence”
which can be used in the context of professional language training of technical university
students. The literature review shows the necessity of the development of professional
language competence in future tool-making engineers that technical universities in Russia
train. Based on this review, the structure of this competence has been identified. Also, the
process of professional language competence development is thoroughly analyzed so that
the conclusions about the stages of this process and the necessary pedagogical conditions
that a teacher must follow are determined.