Rusalkina L. Developing Business English communicative skills in future doctors.

Object is the process of developing future doctors' Business English communicative skills. Purpose - theoretically substantiate and develop, practically elaborate the methodology of developing Business English communicative skills in future doctors. Theoretical results and novelty - the issue of developing future doctors' Business English communicative skills are defined as future doctors' ability to perform professionally-oriented speech activities in English according to the purpose and situation of speaking, namely: to voice the diagnosis, comment on the process of carrying out diagnostic procedures, consult patients and communicate with their relatives, give recommendations, orders, instructions due to the treatment, make a professional report at the conference. The psycholinguistic foundations of developing future doctors' Business English communicative skills have been de-termined; methods of teaching Business English for doctors have been analyzed; Business English communicative skills of future doctors have been classified and the model of its realization has been worked out. The methodology of developing Business English communicative skills in future doctors has been theoretically substantiated and practically elaborated. The corresponding system of exercises has been modelled and the guidelines as for their realization have been developed. The criteria and evaluative indicators of the level of developing Business English communicative skills in future doctors have been defined. The effectiveness of the suggested methodology has been verified and confirmed in the course of experimental teaching. Practical results - the textbook "Developing Business English communicative skills in future doctors" has been developed; English glossary of medical terms has been formed, the Internet catalogue with images and speech of foreign doctors has been created. Efficiency of introduction is high. Branch - pedagogical, higher educational establishments.7452