Modern Approaches to Teaching a Second Foreign Language in Higher Education

The paper substantiates the necessity of studying the second foreign language for increasing the competitiveness of a specialist in the labor market. Moreover, the study of German and French as the second foreign language on the basis of English is the most optimal combination, due to both the relevance of the named languages in modern society and by the presence of common linguistic features of these European languages. Some recommendations for a more successful development of a second foreign language are provided in the paper.