DISCOURSE APPROACHES IN TEACHING ENGINEERING STUDENTS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE

Abstract

The article deals with the issue of a discursive approach in teaching English to engineering students, as well as the formation of intercultural competence in learning process. We propose to integrate the studied language with subjects such as "Life Safety and Engineering Ecology", "Culture of Production" in the formation of intercultural competence and internationalization of programs. Because these disciplines introduce concepts which is related to social responsibility in Engineering. In the modern world, it is not enough to know a professional oriented language, to understand oral and written speech, because it is necessary to be able to establish contact with carriers of a different culture, achieve mutual understanding with foreign colleagues who is working in the same field and develop “soft skills”. The purpose of the "special course" is to develop the ability how to analyse and interpret engineering issues and problems in the intercultural world.