Comprehensive system of communicative competence assessment of management students (on the basis of the German language)

This article is devoted to the problem of assessing the level of management students' foreign language communicative competence. Based on a philosophical definition of a criterion, the criterion for assessment of management students' foreign language communicative competence is defined. The article also provides the definition of an assessment criteria system as well as the grounds for the importance of developing such a comprehensive system, which includes both continuous and final assessment. The main suggested control points are the current, intermediate and final controls, where each type of control includes several components. The article also contains the assessment criteria of a monologue and speech interaction. It is important to note that this system of assessment criteria reflects the effectiveness and results of the content component implementation in the learning process while the comprehensive assessment system is focused on a linear, systematic, and at the same time integral and integrated nature of the process. The article presents the results of the assessment system development of the management students' level of communicative competence in foreign language, which has been tested at St. Petersburg State University in German language courses. The developed methodology not only allows to register intermediate control points and the final results of the learning process but also maximum objective and accurate monitoring of the process from beginning to end, where the system is so flexible and transparent that it gives the possibility to make necessary changes, as well as add or remove components. The authors of the article conclude that the complex nature of the system also contributes to the change in professor’s role, which corresponds to the last tendencies in language studies developments.