TERMINOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK OF THE PROFESSIONAL SOCIOLINGUISTIC COMPETENCE IN TEACHING FOREIGN LANGUAGES AT UNIVERSITY

Polyudova Elena Nikolayevna, Bykova Ekaterina Alexandrovna

The article considers the definition of the concept of sociolinguistic competence in the terminologica aspect. Despite the fact that the term exists in the framework of communicative competence, along with linguistic and pragmatic competencies, the development of society requires a new turn in the definition of traditional concepts. The authors explore changes in both the concept and the structure of the term “sociolinguistic competence”, and its role in the field of teaching foreign languages in higher education.

Keywords:Communicative competence, sociolinguistic competence, higher education, English for Specific Purposes (ESP), professionally oriented education.