• Be trained for public communication - mass, interpersonal, diplomatic; • Improve language skills (norms of standard language) and learn the importance of harmonizing the language and nonverbal behavior; • Be able to define stylistic concepts and procedures; • Explain the features of individual functional styles; • Make a distinction between different types of texts according to their stylistic signals, belonging to a particular functional style; • Learn to coordinate their behavior with the sociolinguistic requirements and criteria (particularly the choice of means of expression); • Learn speech techniques (reach communication goal) in various types and forms of mass communication (conversational, administrative, artistic, journalistic, publicistic style); • Be prepared for those activities that are closely related with language and communication (publishing, journalism, public relations).