DEVELOPMENT OF SOFT AND PROJECT-BASED SKILLS IN MASTER’S DEGREE STUDENTS OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY WHEN TEACHING ENGLISH TO THEM

Abstract

The article studies the efficiency of project technologies applied in teaching of Mas-ter’s Degree Students as well as the development levels of their soft and project-based skills following the analysis of literature on Psychology, Pedagogy, Methods of Teaching and best practices of teach-ing English to Master’s Degree Students of science and technology. The purpose of the study is to examine the development of soft and project-based skills in Master’s Degree Students of science and technology in teaching them English under the transition to online and blended teaching in higher school. The object of the research is the process of teaching English to Master’s Degree Students of science and technology; the subject is the development of soft and project-based skills when teaching English under the "Practical Course on Cross-Cultural Communication". Theoretical (analysis, systematization and generalization) and empirical (experi-mental learning, testing) methods were used in the research. As a result of experimental learning English, Master’s Degree Students of science and technology are able to apply up-to-date communication-based technologies for academic and professional communication in the foreign language. It complies with the Federal State Standards in Higher Education.