Information competence development on the basis of professional-oriented video materials

Abstract

The article deals with the challenges of the development of university students’ information competence in the process of foreign language teaching. It discusses the potential of foreign languages in the professional-oriented training. Interrelation of critical thinking, communication skills and the level of information competence development is observed. The dynamics of the indicators of its development is investigated. The results of the experiment give reasons to conclude that the dynamics of students’ information competence formation are directly dependent on their ability to work with facts in a proper way, grasping necessary details, considering different approaches to professional problem, dealing with controversial issues, interpreting the information adequately, using and expressing the acquired knowledge appropriately.