DEVELOPMENT OF STUDENT’S CREATIVE ABILITIES IN THE FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING PROCESS IN TECHNICAL UNIVERSITIES

The article analyzes the process of development and initiation of creative abilities at various stages of profession-oriented foreign language training for technical university students. Each stage of foreign language training is described by key characteristics that contribute to the development of students’ creative abilities in a non-linguistic university. The process of developing students’ creative abilities is a hierarchical one. Each stage of foreign language training serves as a preparatory step for the development and initiation of the student's creative abilities.