On Developing Transversal Competences of Modern Engineers for Coal Mining Emerging

¹ Kemerovo State University, Department of Foreign Languages in Professional Communication, 650000, 6 Krasnaya Ulitza, Kemerovo, Russian Federation
² University of London, UCL Institute of Education, 20 Bedford Way, WC1H 0AL, Great Britain
³ Siberian Federal University, Department of Modern Languages for Business, 660041, 79 Svobodny Prospect, Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation
⁴ Novosibirsk State University of Economics and Management, Foreign Languages Department, 630099, 56 Kamenskaya Ulitza, Russian Federation
⁵ Altai State University, Department of Foreign Languages (Business and Law profiles), 656049, 61 Lenin Prospect, Barnaul, Russian Federation

^* Corresponding author: tdobrydina@rambler.ru

Abstract

Currently, coal mining as well as practically all leading industries requires such management specialists who are able to solve new tasks in complex and constantly changing conditions. The paper highlights the ways to contribute to the formation of future specialists’ competencies to satisfy the demands of present-day labour market. The paper aims to uncover some underpinning competences of coal-mining engineers in addition to technical skills presented as a Top Ten Transversal Competences’ Checklist for Coalminers (TTTCCC). This paper takes the form of a discussion relating to the needs and requirements of English language education of a modern coal-mining engineer in Russia. Some examples of low efficiency in university English for Specific Purposes (ESP) teaching bring to a number of possible solutions in and outside the mining university language classrooms.