Business English in the context of foreign language teaching

The article considers the reasonability of distinguishing a specific language framework as a particular type of communication in teaching Business English to students. The authors believe that the main goal of Business English teaching is assistance in updating of knowledge about standards, stereotypes and rules of oral and written speech in the context of specific professional communication. It is shown that the current trends in the theory and practice of business foreign language training are focused on the study of real language functioning in occupation-oriented field of business communication