The paper deals with the aspects of enhancing communication and collaboration skills for computer science students at higher educational institutions. The significance of communication and collaboration skills for successful careers of computer science professionals is discussed. Peculiarities of teaching communication and collaboration skills with the focus on pedagogical approaches, methods and strategies are given. Certain benefits of application of English interface online application in training collaboration and communication skills are highlighted. Authors’ experience of implementing mock projects imitating professional assignments for training collaboration and English communication is presented. Assessment of the collaboration quality level while working on the projects is considered.