Tamozhska I. Business Communication Skills Forming in Future Specialists of Technical Sciences in the Process of Teaching Social and Humane Sciences.

Object - the process of teaching Social and Humane Sciences as a component of professional training of students in technical higher education institutions; aim - to find out the influence of theoretically substantiated and experimentally tested pedagogical conditions directed at business communication skills forming on the levels of professional and communicative competence of prospective specialists of technical sciences; methods - theoretical, empirical, statistical; novelty - the research is the first to substantiate and experimentally test the pedagogical conditions of business communication skills forming in prospective specialists of technical sciences in the process of their learning Social and Humane Sciences; the essence of the term "business communication skills" as an ability of a specialist to maintain the relations of interaction in his/her professional activity, to define the priorities in the professional behavior, to produce efficient decisions of professional problems in accordance with the rules of business etiquette , to quickly react to the demands and needs of other subjects of communication, to maintain adequate business communication in different settings allowing for efficient use of professional functions and professional problems solution has been specified; the criteria and indices of the levels of business communication skills formation in prospective specialists of technical sciences have been analysed; the classifications of business communication skills of prospective specialists of technical sciences, forms, methods and modes of forming these skills have undergone further investigation; results - the pedagogical conditions of business communication skills forming in prospective specialists of technical sciences in the process of their learning Social and Humane Sciences have been experimentally tested and implemented in technical higher education institutions. The materials of the research will be helpful in the system of pedagogical professional development. The experimentally tested methodological materials providing support for the implementation of the researched pedagogical conditions of business communication skills forming in prospective specialists of technical sciences in the process of their learning Social and Humane Sciences can be adapted and used in teaching other disciplines; field - pedagogy.