Forming extended linguistic competence among students of economic specialties at Moscow aviation institute

The article analyses various interpretations of the concept "linguistic competence" and formulates the authors' attitude to this issue. The paper substantiates the need for forming the extended linguistic competence among the students of economic profile at an aviation university. The authors describe the history of creation and development of the concept of teaching two foreign languages in the specialty "Organization and planning of foreign economic activity" (2008), "Organization of foreign economic activity / international business" (2009), "International management" (2012) at Moscow Aviation Institute, share their practical experience in teaching students in this area. The advantages and disadvantages of the educational-methodical complexes used both for teaching English and the second foreign language – French are revealed. The ways of improving the methodology of teaching students in this specialty are outlined in order to fulfill the main task – to train highly qualified specialists in the economic field, who will be in demand in the aviation industry in conditions of severe competition