COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE AS A PROBLEM OF MODERN LINGUODIDACTICS

The article examines the current task of education - the formation of students' communicative competence, which is the main approach of linguodidactics, as well as its role in the effective coordination of professional activities of students of higher education. Communicative competence is a supra-professional competence that determines the ability of an individual to solve a certain range of tasks. Due attention is paid to the disclosure of the content of the basic concepts of “competence” and “adequacy”, and generalized characteristics of grammatical, sociolinguistic, discursive and strategic competencies are given. The importance of applying competence-based and integrative approaches to learning is noted, the role of humanization and humanization of higher education is emphasized. The main objectives of the course “Pedagogy and Psychology” are outlined, aimed at the formation of general cultural, professional and general professional competencies of future specialists in higher education. The author focuses on the value of the competence-based approach in education, which consists in focusing on the personality of the student in all spheres and areas of activity. The communicative competence is considered by the author as the most important indicator of the teacher's professionalism. The decisive role in the effective formation of students' communicative competence is played by the conditions of communication, the educational environment created at the university.