The author explains the need in forming of analytical thinking among International Economics students in order to build up their professional competence as an important condition of job competitiveness, responsiveness to new market changes, successful intercultural communication in the business world. The author highlights the meaning of the analytical thinking definition and its place in the process of analytical performance and competence development. The article presents the algorithm of analytical thinking building as an activity which starts with identifying a problem, describing an aim, tasks, subject matter and methods to solve it. The article presents the components of analytical competence and describes necessary conditions for its development within professional language training with the focus on aim and tasks specified by the state documents. The author emphasizes the unique role of foreign languages and their place in the development of future specialist professional competence. In conclusion the author notes that developed analytical competence is the main part of professionally oriented personality becoming with high level of competitiveness and deep understanding of intercultural communication.
analytical thinking, analytical competence, activity, foreign language, intercultural communication
1. Annotatsii k rabochim programmam distsiplin, praktik, gosudarstvennoy itogovoy attestatsii. Napravlenie podgotovki 38.03.01 ekonomika Napravlennost' (profil') podgotovki mezhdunarodnye ekonomicheskie otnosheniya Moskva - 2020 [Annotations to the working programs of disciplines, practices, state final certification. Direction of preparation 03/38/01 economics Direction (profile) of preparation international economic relations Moscow - 2020]. Available at: https://mgimo.ru/sveden/education/7-an-38-03-01-ehkonomika-mezhdunarodnye-ehkonomicheskie-otnosheniya-bak-2019.
2. Bushmeleva N.A., Razova E.V. Formirovanie analiticheskoy kompetentsii studentov vuza [Formation of analytical competence of university students]. Nauchno-metodicheskiy elektronnyy zhurnal «Kontsept» [Scientific-methodical electronic journal "Concept"]. 2016, I. 10. Available at: http://e-koncept.ru/2016/16228.htm.
3. Voevoda E.V. Osnovnye napravleniya professional'no orientirovannoy yazykovoy podgotovki spetsialista-mezhdunarodnika [The main directions of professionally oriented language training of a specialist in international affairs]. Moscow: MGOU Publ., 2009. 141 p.
4. Voevoda E.V. Professional'naya yazykovaya podgotovka studentov- mezhdunarodnikov: voprosy didaktiki [Professional language training of international students: questions of didactics]. Vestnik MGIMO-Universiteta [Bulletin of MGIMO University]. 2013, I. 1, pp. 9-12.
5. Zhilina N.D., Tarenko L.B. Osobennosti formirovaniya analiticheskikh umeniy u budushchikh spetsialistov v oblasti informatsionnykh tekhnologiy [Features of the formation of analytical skills among future specialists in the field of information technology]. OTO [General Relativity]. 2016, I. 4. Available at: https://cyberleninka.ru/article/n/osobennosti-formirovaniya-analiticheskih-umeniy-u-buduschih-spetsialistov-v-oblasti-informatsionnyh-tehnologiy (accessed 05 December 2018).
6. Zaporozhets A.V. Izbrannye psikhologicheskie Trudy [Selected psychological works]. Moscow: Pedagogika Publ.,1986.320 p.
7. Osnovnaya professional'naya obrazovatel'naya programma vysshego obrazovaniya. Napravlenie podgotovki 38.03.01 EKONOMIKA Napravlennost' (profil') programmy «MEZhDUNARODNYE EKONOMIChESKIE OTNOShENIYa» Kvalifikatsiya BAKALAVR Moskva - 2020 [Basic professional educational program of higher education. Direction of training 03.03.01 ECONOMY Direction (profile) of the program "INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC RELATIONS" Qualification BACHELOR Moscow - 2020]. Available at: https://mgimo.ru/sveden/education/7-op-38-03-01-ehkonomika-mezhdunarodnye-ehkonomicheskie-otnosheniya-bak-2019.pdf
8. Stolyarenko L.D. Osnovy psikhologii. Izdanie tret'e, pererabotannoe i dopolnennoe. Seriya «Uchebniki, uchebnye posobiya» [Fundamentals of Psychology. Third edition, revised and enlarged. Series "Textbooks, teaching aids"]. Rostov-on-Don: «Feniks» Publ., 2000. 672 p.
9. The future of jobs report. Geneva: World Economic Forum, October. 2020. Print. p. 163.
