Basic Principles of National and International Standards Convergence in Teaching Languages for Non-Linguistic Students

The topicality of the research is the use of modern theories of speech generation, developed in neuro-linguistics, including the disquisitions of the Moscow Psychological School, for the development of new foreign language teaching programs. The aim of the present research is to identify the basic principles for the convergence of national and international foreign language teaching standards - the opportunities and necessary conditions. Change in the approaches to the learning process as well as purposes of instruction, and methods of teaching and control, are considered to be the basic principles of convergence. The pivotal methodology of this study deals with the comparison of learning outcomes with the necessary competencies for graduates of non-linguistic specialties. The results of the research demonstrate the importance of combining communicative and cognitive approaches, as well as implementation of flipped learning, mobile learning, adaptive learning. The analysis of the theory of speech production in the Moscow psychological school enables the researchers to make conclusions about the necessity of combining communicative and cognitive approaches in the course of foreign language teaching. The use of these approaches makes it possible to activate the both hemispheres of the brain. Adaptation of the methods to the ultimate goal of learning and using the speech production principles will result in bridging the gap between the Western and Russian standards.