Abstract:
Foreign language communicative competence covers intercultural
communication skills relating not only to a deep knowledge of literary norms of a
foreign language, but also to a range of communication skills for the successful
performance of communicative tasks and compliance with expectations of native
speakers and other communicators. The research objective consists in a
comprehensive theoretical and experimental study of the problem of formation of
foreign language communicative competence of students of higher education
institutions (HEIs) (on the basis of English as a foreign language). Methods:
comprehensive theoretical analysis of the concept of communicative competence;
ascertaining experiment; study and analysis of literature.