The axiological framework of professional foreign language communication

The article adopts a cross-disciplinary perspective on foreign language instruction for non-linguistic students, with particular emphasis on the axiological aspects of developing their professional speaking and writing skills in a foreign language. The theoretical framework of the study integrates contemporary achievements in axiology, cognitive psychology, social studies, and language education into a coherent teaching methodology, designed to reflect the lifestyles, modes of thinking, preferences, values, and cultural practices of today’s youth. The study is aimed at identifying the correlation between professional values and foreign language communicational skills and prove its positive effect on the formation of student’s professional speech culture through a foreign language course titled ‘Professional Speech Culture in the Native and Foreign Language’ for undergraduate science students. The course is tailored to the learners’ specific linguistic, cultural, and professional needs, focusing on oral and written communication in both L1 and L2 to support their future academic and professional success. The course incorporates authentic academic materials in both languages, collaborative activities, and grammar and vocabulary practice, with special attention given to the analysis and categorisation of specialised discourse units and markers within a cross-cultural professional context. The methodology was implemented and tested through a three-stage pedagogical experiment conducted among Physics and Mathematics students at the State University of Education during the 2024–2025 academic year. The results of current and final assessment procedures confirmed the effectiveness of the proposed methodology: students in the experimental group demonstrated greater fluency, fewer grammatical and lexical errors, and more substantial progress in both oral and written communication compared to the control group. Thus, we can state that the proposed methodology makes a valuable contribution to the theory and practice of foreign language instruction.