PRESENTING TEACHING POINTS OF BUSINESS FOREIGN LANGUAGE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNICATIVE SKILLS THROUGH THE USE OF COMPANY′S FINANCIAL MATERIALS

Key words and phrases: annual reports; authentic material; company-specific materials; communicative skills; foreign language of business; job area; pre-experience learners; teaching points. Abstract: The problem of development communicative skills making use of company′s specific financial materials in teaching Professional Foreign Language is considered. The sample pattern of applying functional, structural and vocabulary language components for organizing the message is given. In the last decades, Business English has attracted increasing interest and awareness. Business English must be seen in the context of Language for Specific Purposes (LSP), as it shares the important elements which are common to all fields of work in LSP. Business English implies the definition of a specific language corpus and emphasis on particular kinds of communication in a specific context. However, Business English differs from other varieties of LSP as it is a mix of specific content relating to a particular job area or industry, and general content relating to general ability to communicate in business situations