PRECONDITIONS OF FOREIGN LANGUGE COMPETENCE ACTIVISATION AND THE ROLE OF GENUINE TEXT DURING CRITICAL THINKING DEVELOPMENT

Abstract

The article analyses the facts influencing the adult education in Europe. The world events and technological progress require the new professional competences o f those graduating some years before, as there are constant changes at labor market every five years. Foreign language competence is the basis for unification o f world community, that might help use and enlarge the experience o f one another. The possibility o f immediate access to information through genuine texts reading could speed up these globalization processes. The aims and tasks o f adult study are different from those ofprimary and secondary education. The development o f foreign language competence must ensure a comfortable stay o f a professional in a modern labor market environment.