FOREIGN LANGUAGE AS A TOOL OF ACQUIRING PROFESSION

The article deals with professionally oriented teaching of foreign languages in Universities according to the Program of teaching Design stu- dents (Environmental Design and Graphic Design Divisions). The author proves the worth of teaching foreign languages as a means of forming and developing a professional identity, a tool of communication and acquiring profession through studying foreign professional experience, joining universal professional interculture. Professionally-focused language learning significantly contributes to student’s conscious acquirement of professional linguistic communicative competence and growth of professionally oriented personality. The author suggests the analysis of content and didactics aspects of teaching professionally oriented language on the basis of the foreign language coursebook “Experiential Design”. Up-to-date authentic texts and video re- sources accompanied with assignments help future designers improve the skills of the foreign language. Information communications technology and multi- media projects are essential to develop students’ individual creative activity. Acquiring the skills of fluent foreign language for specific purposes adds value to the future specialists in the field of design.