Teaching business communication in a foreign language as a means of forming general cultural and professional competencies of technical university students

The article proves the necessity of mastering business communication in a foreign language for the formation of general cultural and professional competencies that graduates of a technical university should possess. Author’s textbooks for bachelors of the sphere of chemical technologies and engineering and economic specialties in business foreign language are presented in the informational and didactic base of the Samara Technical University at the department of Foreign Languages for the formation of general cultural and professional competencies in the process of teaching students business communication. The goals and objectives of the course on business foreign language, as well as educational technologies, are used by teachers of the department to teach business foreign language.