The Olympiad movement role in developing communicative competence of the students of ESSIC

The article reveals the role of the olympiad movement in East-Siberian state institute of culture and determines its significance in developing students’ communicative competence. The dynamics of changing the contest tasks in the communicative aspect is traced. High results of the students’ participation of the higher educational institution in the olympiads are stressed and the contribution of the teachers of the departments of foreign languages and general linguistics and literature and linguistics is noted.