The textbook offers a model of abstract activity — the scientific basis of the system of educational actions for the formation of abstract competence. The issues of translation as a way of carrying out abstract actions are considered and texts for compiling abstracts in Russian and English are proposed. It is aimed at the formation and development of the skills of abstracting foreign-language texts in the process of learning foreign languages at universities. Meets the requirements of the federal state educational standards of higher education of the latest generation. It is intended for undergraduates studying in the areas of training 38.04.01 "Economics", 38.04.02 "Management", 38.04.03 "Personnel Management", 38.04.04 "State and municipal management", 38.04.08 "Finance and Credit", 27.04.05 "Innovation", 39.04.01 "Sociology". It will be useful for teachers of foreign languages and graduate students.