PRINCIPLES OF ENSURING LANGUAGE COMPETENCIES OF A HEAD OF A HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT EUROPEAN EXPERIENCE

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to develop principles for methodological support of language competencies of the head of a higher education institution in Ukraine, taking into account European experience. Research methodology – a general systematic approach to the study of phenomena of objective reality, the application of theoretical and empirical methods (analysis and synthesis, observations, typological classifications, surveys and expert assessments), holistic philosophical ideas about the priority of the value sphere of the individual and the introduction of European standards and a new educational paradigm in Ukraine, based on leading national documents and international experience in the study of language as a system of phenomena, the nature of speech, communication and interaction, the essence of the communicative act, speech culture, as well as scientific and methodological foundations of the formation of a highly cultural personality of a modern specialist. The scientific novelty of the work lies in the fact that for the first time in the context of European experience in language training for Ukrainian higher education institutions: methodological principles for acquiring and developing language competencies of a head of a higher education institution have been formulated; methodological directions for self-training and advanced training in language competencies of heads of higher education institutions in Ukraine have been proposed. Conclusions. Domestic organizational-institutional, regulatory, infrastructural and relevant scientific-methodological components of the development of competencies of heads of higher education institutions represent an urgent need for innovations, new formation and formation. The linguistic and communicative competence of a manager to manage the development of a domestic higher education institution requires two interrelated multi-component competencies – language national competence and foreign language linguistic and cultural competence. They must be ensured by adhering to the following basic methodological principles: the principle of professional orientation of language training; the principle of lexical and semantic commonality, or unity of the thesaurus of the language environment of a higher education institution; the principle of individualization of learning; the principle of continuity of self-training and learning; the principle of humanitarian diversity of advanced training in language competencies.