摘要:The article deals with the methodology for developing the criteria apparatus for determining the formation of the competence “Conducting a dialogue of a general and business character in a foreign language” (UK.4.) according to the Federal State Educational Standard 3++). An analysis of pedagogical, methodological and linguistic literature by the author is aimed at clarification of theoretical and practical significance, the degree of novelty of the results obtained is the selection of criteria-based tools for the formation of competence. The results obtained during the study were applied in the development of a curriculum and a set of assessment tools for the discipline "The English Language" at Tyumen Industrial University.