Mediation and its place in the process of teaching a foreign language

In the conditions of Ukrainian economy integration in the European and world's economic space the necessity of training specialists able to communicate with their foreign partners arises. The article highlights the problem of teaching reading comprehension of English for specific purposes (ESP) texts with the help of written mediation. Considering peculiarities of mediation written forms the author suggests a system of mediation strategies that fall into four groups (planning, translation, evaluation, correction). The results of the given research may be used in the process of teaching ESP to students of Ukrainian higher educational establishments.