Nowardays employers have been looking for applicants who are not only experienced and have some deep professional knowledge ,– some certain soft skills are crucially important for them. After all, they are directly related to the productivity of IT teams. Ivan Panakhno, a third-year student of Computer Science at our university, combines theoretical and practical skills while studying and working at the same time. He willingly agreed to share his experiences and impressions connected with his career in the IT field. While working at the Gains company as a software engineer, Ivan noticed that without certain soft skills an IT specialist would never rise to Senior and Lead positions.

Today, the role and place of using modern innovative technologies in distance education is growing. Distance learning is a new form of modern education in difficult conditions. The Internet offers many resources for creating tests and tasks to control the study of English vocabulary and grammar. Competition among interactive platforms is very high.

There are several theories as for the origin of the idioms in English. Some of them are formed by means of slang phrases, the others come back from the pieces of literature, and the number of idioms are closely connected with the English traditions and customs. It is obviously known that the more peculiarities of the language a person obtains, the more colourful his speech is. Idioms are sure to make people's communication much brighter and more meaningful. The structure of the idioms is rather complicated, as it does not follow traditional grammar rules. Let us consider some of idioms to clarify their origins and meanings.

English is taught using an audio-visual method of learning, during which all new material is perceived by students only by ear, and the meaning of language units is revealed with the help of visual clarity. The main principle of this method was the appeal to visual materials, in particular watching films. During the study of a dialogic situation, students were shown its content with the help of a short video recording, and only then were given the appropriate speech forms of expression. At the initial stage, students watch the film accompanied by a recording of the dialogue, then watch the film again, and during the second viewing the teacher checks the correct understanding of the relevant phrases. In case of difficulties, the teacher explains the meaning of these lines. After watching the film, students learn to imitate the phrases using the dialogue. At the end, students act out similar role-playing situations and learn to memorize new lexical items. This method makes it possible to artificially create a communicative life situation, learn new lexical units, and then reproduce them in practice.

A teaching strategy known as test, teach, test (TTT) has students first accomplish an activity or assignment without help and support from the teacher. The teacher then presents the target language based on the issues identified. Next, the students complete a different task to practice the new language. TTT is a helpful strategy because it enables teachers to pinpoint students' language-related needs and provide the appropriate support. It can be especially helpful at intermediate levels and higher, where students may have encountered language before but may be having particular difficulties with it, as well as in mixed-level classes to help determine unique goals for each student.

December 28, 2022 the State University of Telecommunications will host an international conference for European countries «DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION AS A STRATEGIC DIRECTION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DIGITAL ECONOMY IN THE WORLD AND IN UKRAINE»

Moral values play a very important role in human life. These are standards that help to define good or bad. An important component of human interaction is communication and it cannot do without requests and gratitude for what has been done. Moreover, it is both in informal and official communication. Gratitude is one of the ways to show your appreciation to a person. As you know, we use different words of gratitude depending on the situation. English is full of original words, funny turns of phrase and phraseologisms. But the words of gratitude in English "thank you - you are welcome" are not limited to this pair only. It is possible to express gratitude to a lesser or greater extent with completely different words.

The extension of international cooperation in every area of the economy and education and the current situation on the labor market require a high level of foreign language proficiency from the future specialists. The increase in the efficiency of foreign language teaching to the students of technical specialties is one of the vital tasks of modern methodological science. There are a number of common problems that both students and teachers face in the process of learning foreign language of the specialty.

English is official (formal) and unofficial (informal). How do these types differ and when to use this or that option correctly so as not to get into uncomfortable situations? We use formall language when we talk to people we don't know well or don't know personally. It's a style of academic writing. The formall language is characterized by more complex sentence structures, the rare use of personal pronouns, and the absence of colloquial or slang terms.

One of the most common innovative learning technologies is the project methodology, which has become relevant in the higher education system due to the need to train competitive specialists for the modern labor market. Project activities and the design of communicative situations allow creating specific models of students' professional activities and contribute to the ability to determine ways of personal integration into the labor market.