DEVELOPING COMMUNICATIONAL COMPETENCES BY MEANS OF AUTHENTIC TEXTS IN THE CASE OF TECHNICAL STUDENTS
DEVELOPING COMMUNICATIONAL COMPETENCES BY MEANS OF AUTHENTIC TEXTS IN THE CASE OF TECHNICAL STUDENTS

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with some of the issues surrounding the concept of competence and communicational competences. Thus, the first part aims to identify some of the elements defining the university training and the place of universities and their product – the students – in the broader community and the professional working environment. The second part defines the concept of competence and communicational competences and the components of communication. The third and fourth parts cover aspects in relation to some of the specific aspects of learning and evaluating English in general. Part five presents the case of teaching a distinct type of English for specific purposes, English for industry and its place in the professional development of technical students. This part focuses on the innovative teaching approach of using authentic texts for the purpose they have been created instead of turning them into language tests that would measure only linguistic aspects and not communicational events. The conclusions of the case study reveal the fact that this approach brings benefits to the ESP teaching and evaluation and can lead to the development of communicational instrument instead of mere language skills.

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