Professional foreign language competence in the academic environment: essence, functions, features in the context of mediaeducation

Abstract

The article deals with the problem of foreign language communicative competence structure and formation in the sphere of professional education. The authors of the article trace back the origin of the stated phenomena and follow the process of its development until modern state. The multicultural and international approach to the studying of communicative competence formation in the context of media education gives the possibility to realize general tendencies and principles of its amplification, to maintain its holistic study. The research shows that the essence of the «competence» concept, its characteristic features, specific peculiarities remain at an intuitive level of understanding.