Abstract

The article substantiates the importance of terminological training in professional activity and communication, the need to master terminological competence as the most important indicator of professionalism and a factor in improving the quality of professional communication. The methodology of studying terminological competence is substantively disclosed, its essential characteristics are identified and described. The content of terminological competence and its functions have been clarified, as well as the place in the classification system of the competencies of a modern specialist. The connection between terminological and linguistic, informational and professional competence is revealed. A structural and functional model of a specialist's terminological competence has been developed and described as a theoretical basis for the study, indicators of the manifestation of its components - subject-cognitive, intellectual-reflexive and communicatively linguistic - have been demonstrated.