EVALUATION OF THE LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROFESSIONAL INTERCULTURAL METALINGUISTIC COMPETENCE

The relevance of the issue chosen for the study is directly related to the process of reforming the education system in the Russian Federation and the focus on increasing the effectiveness of professional higher education. There is no system approach to the development of teaching measuring materials and technology for assessment of the competence development level, taking into account the modern requirements of the FSES HPE 3. The development of international relations requires the university to prepare mobile students ready for professional foreign-language communication. The analysis of the training process reveals weaknesses in teaching methodology and practice, as well as in the evaluation of the learning outcomes. Based on the results of the research, descriptors (attributes of competence) are defined to assess the level of development of the professional intercultural metalinguistic competence of the translator of specialized texts using the training thesaurus. The paper presents the scales for assessment of the level of professional intercultural metalinguistic competence development upon several criteria: knowledge of the terminology, skills and abilities in the field of terminological system of the subject area of the translated text, willingness and ability for self-realization, aspiration, responsibility, willingness to be engaged in translational activity, and other additional criteria. The components of intercultural metalinguistic competence are identified on the examples of the competence descriptors. It enables the development of assessment tools for translation of a specialized text, which will facilitate the development of the professional competence of students. The results of the work show that the assessment of the development of such professional competence component meets the professionally important skills requirements to the fullest extent.