The main criteria, indicators and levels of the foreign medical students’ professional-communicative competence

The aim of investigation is to define and justify the criteria, indicators and proficiency levels of the professional communicative competency of a foreign student-medic. The methodology of investigation is based on the complex combination of theoretical methods of Applied Linguistics, Psycholinguistics, Linguodidactics in order to define conceptual principles of the investigation. The novelty of the article consists in the attempt of holistic comprehension of the criteria, indicators and proficiency levels of the professional communicative competency of a foreign student-medic. Conclusions. It has been defined, that the proposed criteria and indicators of the proficiency of the professional communicative competency demonstrated by a foreign student-medic help to objectively determine the proficiency levels of the designated competency, to observe the development dynamics of the mentioned category, to correct this process at different stages of students' education. It has been studied, that the criteria defined by us (motivational, cognitive, communicative-active, reflective), the indicators and levels (low, medium, high) signalising of their proficiency regarding the professional communicative competency of a foreign student-medic are objective and structured characteristically correct of the described competency, according to which it is possible to evaluate the quality of the foreign students' obtained knowledge and acquired skills, as well as to improve the methodology of studying Ukrainian as a foreign language.