Influence of Foreign Language Grammar on the Development of Professional Skills and Qualities of Students at Agricultural Universities

Abstract

The paper focuses on the influence of foreign language grammar on developing professional skills of students majoring in Economy at agricultural universities. The paper presents the principles of the experimental methodology we have developed, which is based on the following: (1) identifying professional qualities valuable for economists; (2) focusing the attention of students on the importance of these qualities in professional activities; (3) substantiating the importance of some properties of a foreign language to form professional qualities; (4) applying these properties; and (5) selecting special techniques for a solid mastery of the corresponding grammatical structures. In the paper, we compare the results obtained from the practical application of language constructions by students of the control and experimental groups at the Institute of Economics. The research has found that students trained according to the experimental method showed a higher level of professional qualities when performing speech activity in a foreign language than students of the control group trained according to the traditional method.