The article deals with the problem of increasing the professional communicative competence of cadets of the FPS of Russia educational institutions. The article deals with the problem of increasing the professional communicative competence of cadets of the FPS of Russia educational institutions. To implement the research tasks, the following research methods were used: analysis and generalization of pedagogical and methodological literature on the topic of the work, questionnaires, observation, generalization of pedagogical experience. As a result of the work carried out, the current state of the communicative training of applicants and graduates of departmental universities has been analyzed, the importance of professional communicative competence for the further service activities of the penal system staff has been substantiated, and ways of developing this competence in the process of training at a departmental university have been proposed. The author believes that the study of the disciplines «Russian language and culture of speech» and «Russian language in business documentation» is the first stage in the formation of professional communicative competence of cadets, since it lays down communication skills that allow optimal use of the means of the Russian language not only in everyday communication, but also in professional communication. The development of this competence is positively influenced by the cadets' involvement in research activities, meetings with practitioners of the Penal system, reading various literature, as well as modern digital technologies that allow them to independently increase the level of their communicative competence. These measures will have a positive effect on the formation of the professional communicative competence of cadets, which affects the further service activities of the penal system staff.
Communicative Competence Approach to Person-Oriented Teaching of the Russian Language and Culture of Speech