The relevance of the study is determined by the need to expand the boundaries of the usage of new tools and methods of work in the process of teaching foreign language in non-linguistic higher education institutions. The use of webportfolio technology provides with the necessary pedagogical conditions for the formation of an appropriate level of students’ professional foreign language communicative competence while studying the discipline «Foreign language».

The author defines the relevance of the study by the need to find out and expand the boundaries of the use of information and communication technologies, including authentic video-materials and methods of working with them for the development of students’ speaking skills and communicative competence. The use of Internet-resources as well as video-materials contributes to the creation of conditions for the formation of the corresponding types of competencies — communicative and informative ones.

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.