Paper/Speech Details of Conference Program for the 27th NISPAcee Annual Conference Program Overview WG7: Public Administration Education Author(s) Goulya Nurlybaeva The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration Moscow Russian Federation Title The Development of Foreign Language Professional Competencies of Public Administration Students File Paper files are available only for conference participants, please login first. Presenter Goulya Nurlybaeva Abstract For the full implementation of strategic goals of public administration, as well as a worthy representation of the interests of the state at the international level, civil servants must have high foreign-language professional competencies. Practical issues of educational and training programs in the field of these competencies development are carefully studied by the author. The current state of the level of language training of future civil service students (undergraduates, graduates, and post-graduates) at the Institute of Social Sciences of Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA) is analysed. The scope of the analysis includes the following areas: - qualification requirements of future civil servants; - definition and formulation of tasks, goals, curriculum technologies of foreign language teaching; - ways of improving the quality of their knowledge of foreign languages; - methodological support of foreign language teaching including the creation of textbooks, online courses and teaching aids to solve the above mentioned problem. The research methods include theoretical research, analytical research methods, methodology of empirical research, methods of comparative research, etc. The conclusions are made on the results of the analysis. The ways of the improvement of the programs for better development of civil servants foreign-language professional competencies are outlined. Some recommendations for teachers and education managers are presented. Keywords: Public administration students; foreign-language professional competencies; the current state of language training; educational and training programs analysis
