The relevance of the study is determined by the need to search for new methods and techniques in practice of teaching foreign languages in non-linguistic higher education institutions. The use of an e-portfolio provides with the necessary conditions for the formation of the professional foreign language communicative competence. The aim of the work is to research the didactic potential of an e-portfolio technology and to develop a model in order to improve the level of foreign language communicative competence of students in a technical university. As a result, the author reveals the significance of the developed model in teaching students a foreign language. The positive results of the study make it possible to define an e-portfolio as an effective tool on the way to the formation of the professional foreign language communicative competence required by a future competitive specialist.

Keywords: professional foreign language communicative competence, e-portfolio, communicative approach, foreign language.