Foreign language communicative competence of future it specialists: the essence and main characteristics

The article is devoted to the actual problem of professional pre-higher education – the study of the essence and structure of professional foreign language communicative competence of future IT specialists. Compilation of the research source base and its analysis confirms that this problem is considered from different perspectives by domestic and foreign researchers. The purpose of the article is as follows: to summarize the previous work of researchers and, on this basis, define its essence, determine and characterize its structural components. The professional foreign language communicative competence of an IT specialist is interprepted as a qualitative characteristic of his personality, based on a system of scientific and theoretical knowledge and practical skills in the field of professionally oriented communication by means of foreign languages, as well as a stable motivation for its implementation. Three components (the motivational, cognitive, activity) of it structure are determined and characterized. The motivational component encompasses the presence of conscious, stable interests and needs determines the result of mastering rather complex and diverse foreign language material and the skills of its practical application in the process of professional communication in the IT environment. The cognitive component is reflected in the complex of knowledge about the foreign language system as a means of professional communication, the possession of units of a foreign language, professional terminology, grammatical constructions the rules of their use the specifics of professional foreign language communication, the sociocultural knowledge, the etiquette of communicative behavior, styles and forms of communication. The activity component determines their ability to successfully communicate in the professional space by means of a foreign language.