English for specific purposes to the academic staff of a medical university: challenges and perspectives

The article highlights the problem of teaching a foreign language to adult learners in the medical university. Special attention is paid to the development of skills and competences that contribute to the improvement of learners' professional capabilities. It is pointed out that motivation is considered to be of particular importance in adult learning, since it stimulates an adult learner for action, mobilizes his internal energy. It is evident that adult learning requires a specific organization of the educational process and special forms of pedagogical communication. It should be noted that the simple transfer of techniques and technologies for teaching children and adolescents to an adult audience does not provide conditions for realizing the developing potential of a foreign language. A qualitative revision and updating of the content and learning technologies is necessary, taking into account the characteristics of the adult learner, his goals and the learning context.