Educational business game "Intellectual Hockey" as an effective tool for building professionally-oriented communicative competence in teaching foreign languages to future specialists in the field of tourism

Volkova Anna Urjevna, Glagolev Alexander Borisovit, Korshunova Svetlana Ivanovna

The article deals with the process of developing professional skills of students studying “Tourism” with sub-speciality “Guiding” at MSIPCST n.a. Yu.A. Senkevich, Moscow, by means of introducing gaming technologies into the pedagogical process. The analysis of a number of psychological and pedagogical works on the problem is presented. Using the example of "Intellectual Hockey" game, the authors prove the importance and usefulness of introducing gaming technologies in the process of teaching students a professionally oriented foreign language. The article describes an experimental game "Intellectual Hockey" aimed at developing the basic skills and abilities of future specialists in the field of tourism and hospitality.

Keywords:professionally-oriented foreign language, intercultural professionally oriented competence, motivation, communication needs, gaming technologies, tourism and hospitality industry, foreign language