WAYS TO ACTIVATE SPEECH-THINKING ACTIVITY IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE AT A NON-LINGUISTIC UNIVERSITY

The article discusses issues related to developing processes of speech-thinking activity among students studying a foreign language in a non-linguistic university. The author mainly focuses on the ways of formation of cognitive activity. Modern innovative methods of teaching a foreign language are aimed at developing students’ speech-thinking skills and increasing their intellectual activity. Thanks to the variety and flexibility of techniques and methods, the teacher gives students the opportunity to develop their own strategies of cognitive initiative, the universality of which will find application in different fields of knowledge. In the process of learning a foreign language, students cultivate communicative mobility as the ability to quickly and adequately respond to external challenges in the process of communication. Learning a foreign language greatly contributes to meeting this challenge, since it is the key to not only perceiving the world around you, but also your inner one, as well as stimulates memory processes, promotes the development of multitasking and concentration. A foreign language in a non-linguistic university is located at the junction of disciplines while being a valuable source for getting acquainted with the experience of foreign experts which allows students to dive deeper into the sphere of professional interests