The Main Means of Formative Assessment of the Foreign Language Education Results of Students of a Non-Linguistic University

The article is devoted to the main means of formative assessment for students of a foreign language in a non-linguistic university based on a competence-based approach. The authors reveal the theoretical theses of formative assessment and the point-rating assessment system in the higher education system. As a result, the authors present the means of formative assessment developed for students of a foreign language in the program of the specialty Clinical Psychology. The developed assessment means correspond to the normative legal acts in the higher education system. The presented assessment means allow not only the teacher, but also the students themselves to objectively assess the level of proficiency in foreign language communicative competence. At the tactical level, students have the opportunity to improve their current performance and effectively prepare for summative assessment, thus adequately managing their own trajectory of foreign language education at the university.