The article provides an analysis of some existing interpretations of the concept of developmental teaching. On the basis of this analysis motivation for communicative competence in reading texts on specialty in foreign language is justified. Mastering communicative competence in reading literature on specialty in foreign language is dictated by such needs as: obtaining information in a particular field of science or technology, in-depth knowledge of reality on the basis of scientific data and communication through written forms of speech. For the teaching methodology it is important that developmental teaching forms broad cognitive motives in a relatively short period of time. The examples of educational and cognitive motives, creative and non-creative achievements, social motives, and others are shown. The necessity of reading professionally-oriented texts for the formation of communicative competence by developmental teaching is proved in this article.
