Abstract. The concept of the professionally oriented foreign language competence and its components in the higher education are analyzed. Common requirements to knowledge and skills of the professionally oriented language competence and strategies of its enhancing in the higher education are defined.

Key words: professionally oriented foreign language competence, knowledge, skills, strategies, higher education.

Научный диспут: вопросы экономики и финансов: тезисы докладов ІІ Международной научно-практической конференции (Киев-Будапешт-Вена, 31 марта 2015 г.). – Киев, 2015.