DEVELOPING EFFECTIVE METHODS AND QUALITY STANDARDS IN TEACHING FOREIGN LANGUAGES TO UNIVERSITY STUDENTS SPECIALISING IN HUMANITIES

The demand for approvingly qualified specialists capable of establishing business contacts and partnerships with foreign companions, and specialists who speak a foreign language at a professional level, is reflected in the active curricula of universities of humanitarian specialties. A foreign language today is not just a part of the culture of a particular nation, but it is also the key to conquest, a future prosperous career for a young specialist. In the context of improving the quality of teaching in higher education institutions, a teacher needs to know the most delinquent methods of teaching a foreign language, unique teaching techniques, and strategies to optimally select one or another teaching method following the level of knowledge, requirements, and interests of students. Teaching methods are not simple algorithmic units. Their rational and motivated use of foreign language lessons requires an original approach on the part of the teacher. Pedagogy is a science and an art simultaneously, so the path to choosing teaching methods should be based on the teacher's creativity, knowledge, and experience.