The issues of foreign language training of students in HEIs in the Republic of Kazakhstan

Abstract

Purposeful study of the current legislation, the regulatory framework, instructional documents defining the rules and procedure for organizing and carrying out educational and methodical work in the military and special educational institutions do not fully reveal the specifics of a foreign language as an academic discipline, the significance of the competencies formed by students of the educational program “Law Enforcement”. Analysis of the experience of teachers of the English language of departmental universities, observation of educational and cognitive activities and analysis of educational achievements of cadets allow us to assert that the methodology of teaching a foreign language, which has developed in recent decades, requires significant revision and updating, both in content and methodological aspects. In this article, the authors consider the specifics of foreign language training of students of the educational program “Law Enforcement”, implemented in higher military, special educational institutions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, and characterized by a certain linguistic and functional versatility. Considering the analysis of theoretical literature and factual material presented from their own practical experience, the urgency of the problem of formation of foreign-language communicative competence of students of higher education institutions is substantiated, organizational and pedagogical mechanisms for improving language training are analyzed. As a result of the analysis of the state of foreign language training in subordinate higher educational institutions of the country, the authors formulate conclusions about the need to take into account a professionally-oriented approach, which consists in the maximum representation of the professional sphere in teaching a foreign language, immersion of students in a foreign language context at the levels of content, activity, and methods, technologies and teaching tools used within it, favorably contributing to the development of foreign-language professionally-oriented communicative competence of future law enforcement officers.