48734 Teaching Methodology in Higher Education Вопросы методики преподавания в вузе 2227-8591 28 Building medical students’ professional communicative competence by means of authentic and adaptation textbooks Формирование профессиональной коммуникативной компетенции у студентов медицинских вузов посредством аутентичных и адаптационных учебных пособий Olkhovik Наталия 0000-0002-9904-6732 Lipatova Ekaterina Ekaterina.Lipatova@szgmu.ru Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University North-Western State I.I. Mechnikov Medical University 28 12 2016 2 5(19-2) 222 228

The article analyzes the experience of adapting authentic textbooks in the English language classes. It discusses the possibility and the need of adapting authentic textbooks while teaching medical English. The experience of creating adaptation textbook for students of NorthWestern State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov is described in details, such as special tasks, the use of video clips, glossary.

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