ON THE BUSINESS INTERCOURSE SYLLABUS MEANT FOR THE STUDENTS MAJORING IN LINGUISTICS

The article reviews some issues related to selecting linguistic content for teaching business and professional foreign language intercourse to students majoring in linguistics. It also analyzes the essentials of shaping the course content as well as the problems of theory and practice requiring further in-depth research. In particular, selecting appropriate vocabularies and grammatical patterns and classifying them depending on communicative purposes of teaching; streamlining essential professional topics and communication scenarios; developing a simulation exercise and case study system among them, etc. The article can be used to work out methodical guides and courseware for teaching business and professional English.