Business game as an effective method of managing the development of communicative and professional competences of philologists-translators

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https://doi.org/10.17162/au.v13i1.1324

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Communication, linguistics, business game, philology.

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The aim of this work was to study the effectiveness of the business game as a tool for managing the development of communicative and professional competencies of philologists-translators. The work involved the following research methods: analysis of methods of building communicative and professional competencies of philologists; ways to measure them; requirements for business games. The method of observation and comparison was also used. The study showed that business game has a positive effect on the development of students’ ability to communicate and confidently maintain dialogue on professional topics. It also helps to increase the level of foreign language proficiency and arouses interest in learning. Business game can be used productively in the formation of linguistic, sociolinguistic and pragmatic components of communicative and professional competencies of philologists. It was also found that the business game is an effective tool for determining the level of these competencies. Therefore, it can be considered an effective method of managing the development of communicative and professional competencies of philologists. The results of this study can be useful for researchers and educators striving to find effective methods of teaching and managing the process of competence development.

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2022-12-02

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Kravchenko, O. ., Kostanda, I. ., Shuliakov, I. ., Kuzmenko, Y. ., & Dolynskiy, I. . (2022). Business game as an effective method of managing the development of communicative and professional competences of philologists-translators. Apuntes Universitarios, 13(1), 209–223. https://doi.org/10.17162/au.v13i1.1324

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