“…We have analyzed findings of Russian researchers on the issues of Russian HE transformation and those concerning Master`s programs and foreign language teaching (Gerasimova, 2010;Glebova & Yasnitskaya, 2015;Gurban & Tarasyev, 2016;Ismagilova & Polyakova, 2014;Kazakova, 2015;Kozachek, 2015;Mitchell & Mitchell, 2014;Sazonova, 2014;Voronov & Chasovskykh, 2015) as well as a variety of articles from other countries relating to communicative competence, competence-based and communicative approaches, the Bologna reforms (Cohen, 1990;Ek & Trim, 1998;Fleming, 2007Fleming, , 2009Keen, 1992;Komori-Glatza, 2015;Savignon, 1997;Trenholm, 2004). The analysis of related research clearly indicates gaps and limitations in current practice and knowledge.…”