Speech communication as the basis for forming professional culture of students

The article substantiates the need for the formation of speech communication and speech competencies of students in the process of their professional training at a university. The article presents the fact-confirming results of the study. The author describes the conditions and model for the formation of speech competence and speech competencies of university students, including the elements: motivation, knowledge, emotional-volitional regulation, speech skills, experience of speech activity (manifestations of speech competence). The article presents the program of the special course “Fundamentals of Speech Techniques”, which is integrative in its content and has a professional and practical orientation.