THE SPECIFICS OF TEACHING FOREIGN LANGUAGES TO STUDENTS MAJORING IN TOURISM

The article is devoted to considering the peculiarities of professionally oriented foreign language training of tourism students, in particular the factors that ensure high-quality effectiveness in mastering a foreign language and contribute to personal and professional growth. The purpose of this study is to highlight the specifics of teaching foreign languages for the travel industry, determined by the sociocultural nature of tourism and the deepening of globalization processes in the service sector. The methodological basis for analyzing the issues raised are the principles of psychological and pedagogical science about the essence of personality and ways of its formation, in particular about the role of language as a means of cognition and transmission of social experience. Therefore, the main dominants of the educational process in the system of professionally oriented foreign language training of tourism students are competency in effective professional communication of tourism experts as a result of mastering the relevant professional competences when studying the discipline "Foreign language for professional purposes", sociocultural orientation of foreign language teaching and interactivity as a basic principle of professionally oriented education.