scholarly journals Tutor at the preparatory faculty: a teacher’s point of view

2021 ◽  
Vol 127 ◽  
pp. 03004
Author(s):  
Marina Anatolievna Droga ◽  
Dina Ivanovna Romero Intriago ◽  
Irina Mikhailovna Subbotina ◽  
Yuliya Aleksandrovna Klimova
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Foreign Students ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Forecasting Method ◽  
First Results ◽  
The University ◽  
Academic Year

The article analyzes the experience of tutoring teachers teaching foreign students in the distance learning mode. It is also about the interaction of a teacher and a student throughout the whole academic year, as well as the importance of all elements of systematic work in teaching Russian as a foreign language from scratch. A team of tutors was organized at the faculty, whose mission was to contact their wards within the framework of distance learning: from their connection to the educational platform of the university to organizing their admission to Russian universities. Purpose of the study: consider the role of a tutoring teacher in the system of teaching Russian as a foreign language in a distance mode. The main methods of work are the methods of observation and description of the features of the pedagogical process. The forecasting method is also used to model the future educational mode of foreign students. The survey method is applied, which allows to get “feedback” from the respondents. The quantitative technique allowed us to analyze the number of responses as a percentage. The changes taking place in the world have given a powerful impetus to the improvement of digital educational resources. Teachers were able to mobilize and conduct their own experiment, while adhering to the new standards of distance learning. An attempt is made in the work to comprehensively analyze the introduced system of tutoring and summarize its first results.

scholarly journals O estímulo ao diálogo colaborativo a partir de tarefas baseadas em corpus: uma experiência no ensino de italiano/LE

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 29
Author(s):  
Graziele Frangiotti
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Cultural Theory ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Collaborative Dialogue ◽  
Construction Of Knowledge ◽  
Theoretical Assumptions ◽  
The University

RESUMO: Neste trabalho é discutido o papel da interação em sala de aula de língua italiana/LE a partir de tarefas construídas com dados provenientes de corpus. Como pressupostos teóricos, trabalhamos, sobretudo, com os conceitos de tarefa (Ellis, 2009), bem como com as noções de diálogo colaborativo e languaging, cujas bases fundamentais se ancoram na teoria sociocultural vygotskyana, mas que encontram respaldo mais recente nos trabalhos de Swain (2005, 2006) e Figueiredo (2019). Do ponto de vista prático, a pesquisa examina os áudios e as transcrições de interações de 11 aprendizes de nível B1 que frequentaram um curso de extensão na Universidade de São Paulo ao longo do segundo semestre de 2017. Como resultados principais, observamos que as tarefas propiciaram o aparecimento de processos conectivos complexos, como o noticing, o teste de hipótese, o scaffolding, entre outros, o que nos permitiu avançar a hipótese de que essas atividades promoveram o diálogo significativo e, por conseguinte, a produção de languagings que contribuem decisivamente para a construção do conhecimento da língua estrangeira.Palavras-chave: Ensino de língua italiana/LE. Tarefa. Corpus linguístico. Diálogo colaborativo. Interação.       ABSTRACT: In questo lavoro viene discusso il ruolo dell’interazione nell’aula di lingua italiana/LS a partire dalla proposizione di task costruiti sulla base di dati provenienti da corpus. Come presupposti teorici, lavoriamo, soprattutto, con i concetti di task (Ellis, 2009), così come con le nozioni di dialogo collaborativo e languaging, le cui basi si fondano sull’approccio socioculturale di Vygotskij, ma che di recente trovano supporto nelle riflessioni di Swain (2005, 2006) e Figueiredo (2019). Da un punto di vista pratico, la ricerca prende in esame le registrazioni audio e le trascrizioni di interazioni tra 11 apprendenti di livello B1 che hanno frequentato un corso presso l’Università di San Paolo durante la seconda metà del 2017. Come risultati centrali, abbiamo osservato che i task hanno stimolato processi cognitivi complessi come il noticing, la verifica di ipotesi e lo scaffolding, il che ci ha consentito di avanzare l’ipotesi secondo cui queste attività favoriscono il dialogo e, di conseguenza, la produzione di languagings che contribuiscono alla costruzione della conoscenza in lingua straniera. : Parole chiave: Insegnamento di italiano/LS. Task. Corpus linguistico. Dialogo collaborativo. Interazione. ABSTRACT: In this work, the role of interaction in the Italian language / LE classroom is discussed, based on tasks constructed with data from corpus. As theoretical assumptions, we work, above all, with the concepts of task (Ellis, 2009), as well as with the notions of collaborative dialogue and languaging, whose fundamental bases are anchored in Vygotskian socio-cultural theory, but which find more recent support in the works of Swain (2005, 2006) and Figueiredo (2019). From a practical point of view, the research examines the audios and interaction transcripts of 11 B1 level learners who attended a course at the University of São Paulo during the second half of 2017. As main results, we observed that the tasks provided complex connective processes, such as noticing, hypothesis testing, scaffolding, which allowed us to advance the hypothesis that these activities promoted significant dialogue and, therefore, the production of languagings that contribute decisively to the construction of knowledge of the foreign language.Keywords: teaching of Italian as foreign language. Task. linguistic corpus. collaborative dialogue. Interaction.

scholarly journals Distance learning in the university foreign language environment through the eyes of Chinese students

2021 ◽  
Vol 53 (5) ◽  
pp. 125-138
Author(s):  
Inga Y. Smelkova ◽  
◽  
Ekaterina N. Tuana ◽  
Svetlana A. Gubareva ◽  
Irina A. Krasnova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Foreign Students ◽  
Chinese Students ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
Alternative Form ◽  
Administrative Services ◽  
Language Environment ◽  
The University ◽  
The Russian Language

Introduction. With the transition of universities around the world to distance learning during the pandemic of COVID-19, the higher education has become the global and accessible, and competition between universities in the international educational market has increased. The opinion of Chinese students about distance learning as an alternative form to the traditional in-person education at Russian university is an important criterion for the evaluation of university's ability to retain and attract the foreign students to study in Russia in an environment of competition among the universities, as the Chinese students exactly are make up the majority among the foreign students of Russian universities. The purpose of the study is to find out the opinion of Chinese students about the distance learning format at the Russian university from the point of view of influence it on the formation of communicative competence in Russian language and adaptation to a foreign language environment of university. Materials and methods. The 100 Chinese students of 1-4 years of the Humanitarian Institute (HI) and 57 students of the 1st year of the Institute of Industrial Management of Economics and Trade (IIMET) of Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University took part in the survey. The research methods are analysis and systematization of student’s answers to questionnaires, content analysis. Results and discussion. The results of the research showed: 1) the Chinese students in general assess the distance learning format as more comfortable (89% – comfortable, 3% – not comfortable) in comparison with in-person (43% – comfortable, 54% – not comfortable) education in the psychological aspect, which is associated with their national characteristics (75% of students are not afraid to answer in front of other students in a distance format, 89% of students feel more comfortable in distance classroom lessons); 2) the students do not experience the difficulties in using the new technical programs and Internet resources (56% – no difficulties; 24% – yes difficulties; 20% – no answers); 3) the formation of communicative competencies in the Russian language largely depends not on the format of learning (68% of students like to study Russian in distant format, 59% are satisfied with their success in learning Russian), but on the readiness and individual skills and abilities of the learner to study (58% of students note they use knowledge of the Russian language in the classroom) and on the teacher skills and abilities in the work in a distance format (75% of students note the importance of presentation materials prepared by the teacher); 4) the difficulties in adapting to the foreign language environment of the university are associated with the level of proficiency in the Russian language and the cultural traditions of the countries (74% of students note difficulties in communicating with the administrative services of the university, 64% of students do not use Russian to solve educational and administrative issues). Conclusion. The obtained results and conclusions can be useful for academic staff, as well as employees of the administrative services of the university and all interested persons who works with Chinese students.

scholarly journals RESULTS AND PROSPECTS OF THE VI INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC AND METHODOLOGICAL SEMINAR FOR YOUNG SCIENTISTS «TEACHING RUSSIAN AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE: THEORY AND PRACTICE» (WROCLAW (POLAND) – MUDANJIAN (CHINA) – TOMSK (RUSSIA), NOVEMBER 6, 2020)

2021 ◽  
pp. 174-177
Author(s):  
Иннеса Игоревна Бабенко ◽  
Елена Александровна Серебренникова
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Foreign Students ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Language Theory ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
Intercultural Interaction ◽  
The University ◽  
Interdisciplinary Study

Введение. Описываются содержание и итоги научного семинара, посвященного изучению актуальных вопросов преподавания русского языка как иностранного в поликультурном пространстве. Цель – осветить работу VI Международного научно-методического семинара «Преподавание русского языка как иностранного: теория и практика». Материал и методы. Наблюдение, описание, реферативный обзор докладов участников семинара. Результаты и обсуждение. Указаны направления межкультурной коммуникации в преподавании русского языка как иностранного между иностранными обучающимися и преподавателями, проблемы и перспективы лингвокультурологического образования в вузе, роль научно-исследовательской работы иностранных студентов в области лингводискурсиологии, функциональной семантики, функциональной лексикологии в формировании основ профессиональной деятельности бакалавров и магистрантов. Анализ содержания докладов и их обсуждения участниками семинара позволил установить актуальные инструменты и методы организации обучения русскому языку как иностранному в аспекте межкультурного взаимодействия. Заключение. Определены планы междисциплинарного изучения проблем обучения русскому языку как иностранному в вузе и школе. Introduction. The content and results of a scientific seminar devoted to the study of topical issues of teaching Russian as a foreign language in a multicultural space are described. The goal is to highlight the work of the VI International scientific and methodological seminar “The teaching Russian as a foreign language: theory and practice”. Material and methods. Observation, description, abstract review of the reports of the seminar participants. Results and discussion. The directions of intercultural communication in teaching Russian as a foreign language between foreign students and teachers, problems and prospects of linguoculturological education at the university, the role of research work of foreign students in the field of linguistic discourseology, functional semantics, functional lexicology in the formation of the foundations of the professional activities of bachelors and undergraduates are indicated. The analysis of the content of the reports and their discussion by the participants of the seminar made it possible to establish the actual tools and methods of organizing the teaching of Russian as a foreign language in the aspect of intercultural interaction. Conclusion. Plans for an interdisciplinary study of the problems of teaching Russian as a foreign language at a university and school have been identified.

scholarly journals Modification of the Role of a Teacher Under the Conditions of Distance Learning

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (21) ◽  
pp. 219
Author(s):  
Ekaterina Viktorovna Otts ◽  
Elena Pavlovna Panova ◽  
Yuliya Vladimirovna Lobanova ◽  
Natalya Victorovna Bocharnikova ◽  
Valentina Michailovna Panfilova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
System A ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Scientific Principles ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

The article examines the features of the transformation of the role of a teacher in higher education in connection with the digitalization of education in the period before the pandemic, and during the transition of the university to a forced remote mode under the conditions of the pandemic. The assessment of the effectiveness of distance learning from the point of view of students and teachers is given. The purpose of the article is to determine expectations, the degree and nature of the influence of the teacher's personality on the effectiveness of educational process in general and distance learning in particular. Researching the effectiveness of higher education in the digital age and assessing the impact on teacher effectiveness involves the use of a number of scientific principles and research methods, theoretical and empirical. To achieve the goal, the scientific works of leading foreign and Russian scientists on the problems of digitalization of education, dehumanization of education, transformation of the role of the teacher have been analyzed, and our own research has been carried out on the basis of the Moscow Polytechnic University in the form of a survey. An assessment of the emotional consequences of isolation is given. The analysis of the effectiveness of distance learning, from the point of view of higher education teachers and students has been carried out. The expectations of students and the change in the role of a teacher of higher education as a result of expansion of functional responsibilities under the circumstances of distance learning are described. Long before the coronavirus pandemic, digitalization had been a trend in the education system. A year of distance learning has revolutionized higher education. The role of a teacher in higher education has been transformed with a significant expansion of functions and a rapid increase in the level of competencies.

Tauchnitz for Translators. The Circulation of English-language Literature in Finland

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 161-179
Author(s):  
Outi Paloposki
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
English Language ◽  
Book History ◽  
Language Skills ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Book Production ◽  
German Publisher ◽  
Language Literature ◽  
Selection Of

The article looks at book production and circulation from the point of view of translators, who, as purchasers and readers of foreign-language books, are an important mediating force in the selection of literature for translation. Taking the German publisher Tauchnitz's series ‘Collection of British Authors’ and its circulation in Finland in the nineteenth and early twentieth century as a case in point, the article argues that the increased availability of English-language books facilitated the acquiring and honing of translators' language skills and gradually diminished the need for indirect translating. Book history and translation studies meet here in an examination of the role of the Collection in Finnish translators' work.

A BRIEF ANALYSIS OF TIME-PREPOSITIONS IN THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (28) ◽  
pp. 187-195
Author(s):  
Yabing Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Foreign Students ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
Parts Of Speech ◽  
Organic Structure ◽  
Part Of Speech ◽  
True Meaning ◽  
Oral Speech ◽  
The Russian Language

This article is devoted to the problem of using Russian time-prepositions by foreigners, especially by the Chinese. An analysis of modern literature allows the author to identify the main areas of the work aimed at foreign students’ development of the skills and abilities to correctly build the prepositional combinations and continuously improve the communication skills by means of the Russian language. In this paper, the time-prepositions in the Russian language have been analyzed in detail; some examples of polysemantic use of prepositions, their semantic and stylistic shades alongside with possible errors made by foreign students are presented. The results of the study are to help in developing a system of teaching Russian time-prepositions to a foreign language audience, taking into account their native language, on the basis of the systemic and functional, communicative and activity-centred basis. The role of Russian time-prepositions in constructing word combinations has been identified; the need for foreign students’ close attention to this secondary part of speech has been specified. It has been stated that prepositions are the most dynamic and open type of secondary language units within the quantitative and qualitative composition of which regular changes take place. The research substantiates the need that students should be aware of the function of time-preposition in speech; they are to get acquainted with the main time-prepositions and their meanings, to distinguish prepositions and other homonymous parts of speech as well as to learn stylistic shades of time-prepositions. Some recommendations related to the means of mastering time-prepositions have been given: to target speakers to assimilate modern literary norms and, therefore, to teach them how to choose and use them correctly by means of linguistic keys that are intended to fill the word with true meaning, to give it an organic structure, an inherent form and an easy combinability in the texts and oral speech.

scholarly journals The Role of English Songs in Saudi Students’ Self-Learning of English

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 1405-1415
Author(s):  
Omar Jabak
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
King Saud University ◽  
Saudi Students ◽  
Self Study ◽  
Speaking Skill ◽  
Self Learning ◽  
Academic Year

The present study aimed to explore the role of English songs in Saudi students’ self-learning of English as a foreign language. The study employed one data collection tool which was an online questionnaire. The questionnaire was completed by 38 Saudi students at the Community College of King Saud University in the second semester of the academic year 2020. The examination and analysis of the data showed that listening to English songs motivated the Saudi students to learn English in a self-study mode, augmented their English vocabulary, improved their speaking skill and developed their spelling or writing skill to a considerable extent. It is, therefore, recommended that more large-scale quantitative or qualitative studies on the role of English songs in Saudi students’ self-learning of English as a foreign language be conducted to confirm the findings of the present study, challenge them or yield new ones.

scholarly journals PEMBERDAYAAN MASYARAKAT MELALUI KEGIATAN KULIAH KERJA NYATA (KKN) MAHASISWA UNIVERSITAS BENGKULU PERIODE 86 TAHUN 2018 DI DESA TEBAT MONOK KABUPATEN KEPAHIANG

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-39
Author(s):  
Diah Gustina ◽  
Ilham Adbullah ◽  
Sofino Sofino
Keyword(s):  
Community Empowerment ◽  
Family Welfare ◽  
Research Subjects ◽  
Student Work ◽  
Program Content ◽  
The Government ◽  
Interviewing Techniques ◽  
The University ◽  
Academic Year

This study aims to describe: (1) The formulation of the contents of the program of the University of Bengkulu Student Working Period 86 period in Tebat Monok Village 2018 Academic Year; (2) The form of community empowerment carried out as a realization of the 86th period of the University of Bengkulu Student Work Lecture program in Tebat Monok Village 2018 Academic Year; (3) Results of community empowerment carried out through the 86th period of the Bengkulu University Student Work Lecture in Tebat Monok Village 2018 Academic Year; (4) Role of Supervising Lecturers (DPL) in assisting the activities of the 86 Year University of Bengkulu University Real Work Period 2018 in Tebat Monok Village. This study used a qualitative approach to the research subjects of Students of the University of Bengkulu in the 86 86 2018 period in Tebat Monok Village the government of Tebat Monok village as a Lapanga Advisor, and University of Bengkulu P3KKN. Data collection is done by interviewing techniques and documentation. The technique used in data analysis is data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion drawing. Triangulation is used to explain the validity of the data by using source triangulation, technique triangulation, and time triangulation. The results of the study show: (1) The process of formulating the program content is done by drafting the KKN student work program through the KKN workshop. (2) The form of implementation of community empowerment carried out is training in packaging techniques and product labeling. (3) The results of community empowerment are carried out, namely the fulfillment of the basic needs of the community of Tebat Monok Village in the field of Entrepreneurship. (4) The role of Field Advisors is to carry out their duties and functions in accordance with existing provisions, namely by holding orientation until giving objective values.  Keywords: Community Empowerment, Training, Family Welfare.  

scholarly journals PROBLEMS AND PECULIARITIES OF TEACHING UKRANIAN AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivetta Martynova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Foreign Students ◽  
Effective Communication ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Personal Contact ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Psychological Training ◽  
Potential Break

The purpose of the paper is to summarize and present teaching Ukrainian as a foreign language in higher educational institutions of Ukraine. The main focus lies in the most modern methods of teaching Ukrainian for foreign students of different nationalities who attain higher education in Ukraine. The author reviewed the development of the concepts of emotional intelligence and modern approaches to the determination of the nature and forms of manifestation of empathy in individuals. Empathy is a principal social emotion; in its most general form it is defined as the individual's ability to react emotionally and to respond to other people's experiences. The author emphasizes the feasibility of accounting empathy as part of emotional intelligence, which is key to successful study of the Ukrainian language for foreigners. The value of socio-psychological training as a means to enhance students’ empathy is proven. Emotional intelligence techniques for the formation and development of empathy culture are presented. The formation of students’ emphatically culture promotes social and psychological training, thus enhancing competence in the field of communication and interpersonal skills to acquire. Socio-psychological training covers various methods, such as business and role-playing, discussions and more. It involves the acquisition of psychological and pedagogical knowledge in communication, effective communication skills, for example, to get in touch, listen, persuade others and to form attitudes necessary for successful communication, such as readiness to consider the problem from another point of view; development of abilities of self-examination, to understand other students, and correction system of relations with the outside world. Other techniques appropriate to apply during the stimulation of student culture are widely known such as self-disclosure, emotional response, personal contact (physical, visual, verbal, plastic, object-efficient) jokes, humor and others. The latter are very effective in removing emotional stress, eliminating aggressive or sad states of stress in relationships, and help enhance mental activity. Jokes activate distraction and relax empathy. The development of emotional intelligence in the student regulates that individual’s abilities and traits that are responsible whether the impact of emotional phenomena will be constructive or destructive behavior for the student. Developing emotional intelligence is inextricably linked to the communicative approach to language learning. The teacher should provide comfortable and effective communication between students in class, using the methods above, techniques and creating a positive atmosphere that promotes cooperation and helps develop confidence in students. Holistic education must involve the unity of intellectual and emotional areas. Also, this work is devoted to the analysis of existing classifications of dialogues, consideration of advantages and disadvantages of some of their types, to the coverage of methods of extracurricular work with students, their detailed analysis, and identification of their pluses and minuses. The model of the use of more appropriate combinations of types of dialogues is presented in order to achieve the most productive result in language learning. A model of formation of foreign communicative competence is offered. The practice of the proposed methods should allow students to unleash their potential, break language barriers, expand vocabulary, improve pronunciation, and most importantly – increase self-confidence.

scholarly journals Reasoning with Time Intervals: A Logical and Computational Perspective

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guido Sciavicco
Keyword(s):  
Temporal Reasoning ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Time Intervals ◽  
First Order ◽  
Modal Interval ◽  
The Family ◽  
First Results ◽  
Comprehensive Survey ◽  
Classical Point

The role of time in artificial intelligence is extremely important. Interval-based temporal reasoning can be seen as a generalization of the classical point-based one, and the first results in this field date back to Hamblin (1972) and Benhtem (1991) from the philosophical point of view, to Allen (1983) from the algebraic and first-order one, and to Halpern and Shoham (1991) from the modal logic one. Without purporting to provide a comprehensive survey of the field, we take the reader to a journey through the main developments in modal and first-order interval temporal reasoning over the past ten years and outline some landmark results on expressiveness and (un)decidability of the satisfiability problem for the family of modal interval logics.

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