Academic writing skills in the tourism personnel training for the Republic of Kazakhstan

In this article, the authors reveal the role of academic writing skills in the educational and professional activities of specialists in the tourism industry of the Republic of Kazakhstan, as well as methods of their development in the process of studying the educational and methodological complex of the discipline "Introduction to Academic Writing" developed by the authors for several educational programs. The purpose and result of the study was a step-by-step analysis of the effectiveness of the methods for mastering special competencies, academic writing skills, through the development and implementation the discipline "Introduction to Academic Writing". The authors, by means of a professional survey, identified the need for the formation of academic writing skills of future specialists in the tourism industry, formed core competencies, developed and tested methods of their development within a specific discipline, and also determined and argued the effectiveness of their implementation for the initial courses of higher education.