Medical students’ communicative competence development: the integrative approach

The aim of this study is to identify effective approaches to the development of communicative competence in future doctors during the process of learning Russian and a foreign language (English). The article considers the feasibility of using an integrative approach in the formation of communicative competence in a future specialist; analyzes the components of the concepts of "competence," "competency," and "communicative competence"; defines the foundations for integrating learning material in Russian and a foreign language; and proposes types of assignments for conducting integrated lessons in Russian and a foreign language that contribute to the effective formation of communicative competence. The scientific novelty of the research lies in the development of a method for applying an integrative approach based on the analysis of a literary text in order to form communicative competence in medical students during their study of Russian and a foreign language (English). The study found that the process of forming communicative competence in students can be linked to the development of speech skills and a broad outlook based on the interaction of all types of speech activity during the analysis and translation of literary texts.