Matveyeva K. The Professional Preparation of Prospective Economists for International Professional Activities

The problem of preparation of future specialists of economic profile to international professional activities is investigated. In the dissertation a pedagogical essence of professional preparation of prospective economists to international professional activities, international business skills are defined and analyzed; the criteria, indexes and levels of professional preparation of prospective economists for conducting international business are set and described. A complex of favorable pedagogical terms and methodology of their realization is experimentally approved, namely: strengthening of the positive professionally-oriented motivation of prospective economists to implementation of international professional activities; taking into consideration the intersubject connections in the process of the integrated professional preparation of prospective economists to international professional activities; implementation of experiential-interactive and reflective approaches in professional preparation of prospective economists to international professional activities by means of foreign language facilities. In the given research the experimental model of professional preparation for prospective economists and methodology of its implementation supported by specially designed teaching resource complex is worked out. Keywords: professional preparation of prospective economists for international activities, international business skills, pedagogical terms, methodology of professional preparation, experimental model.