Developing business communication competencies of the students majoring in management

This article is devoted to a problem of business communication competencies formation on the example of teaching German as the second foreign language to the management students on the example of the topic «Job Interview». Significance of the research is determined by the existence of two traceable trends in the foreign-language education – constantly growing role of the intercultural communication in the business sphere and the necessity of considering interdisciplinary integration principle. The authors underline the importance of the professional communication skills for the students, acquiring their education in the sphere of management. The article explains the gist of this concept. The aim of this research is a review in methodology related to the problem of professional competencies formation for the students-managers. It is suggested that preference should be given to the interactive methods of teaching in the process of business language learning, such as business simulation games, workshops, discussions with the roles distribution, cases, etc. Also it is recommended to use additional materials that can easily be found nowadays on the Internet, because foreign language learning is inconceivable without the reliance on the digital content. A brief analysis of the web resources is presented in the article. The article also provides examples on a topic «job-interview», oriented at business communication competencies formation. This methodology was developed and put to evaluation in the process of language learning on the example of teaching the students of Graduate School of Management of Saint-Petersburg State University. The authors of this article come to the conclusion, that the business communication skills can be seen both as a goal of education and a criterion of the qualitative education, desired by many, simultaneously.