Language Education: Standards Movement

ABSTRACTIncorporating technology in pre-college education is an important goal. There is a clear mandate from the national education standards movement to address the issues of scientific and technologically literate citizenship. The Materials World Modules (MWM) Program uses a unique approach based upon design and inquiry to unite the abstract, quantitative methods of scientific inquiry with the concrete methods of technological design to help students develop and integrate these complementary skills. By experiencing MWM, students learn science by doing science. Using the MWM modules, students will be doing what scientists and engineers do: integrating the design process of propose, build, test and evaluate with the inquiry process of question, predict, experiment, reflect, and communicate. This kind of active application of learning leads to mastery of scientific concepts and greater retention.

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INTEGRATION OF NATURAL SCIENCE AND LINGUISTIC EDUCATION USING NATURAL SCIENCE INFORMATION SOURCES

GAMTAMOKSLINIS UGDYMAS / NATURAL SCIENCE EDUCATION ◽

10.48127/gu-nse/06.3.43 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 43-49

Author(s):

Margarita Vilkonienė

Keyword(s):

Science Education ◽

Primary School ◽

Natural Science ◽

Information Sources ◽

Native Language ◽

Language Education ◽

Education Standards ◽

Additional Information ◽

Natural Science Education ◽

Science Education Standards

The requirements of Lithuanian Natural Science Education standards for a primary school are quite difficult to implement. The conducted research has demonstrated that natural science education of the primary school graduates in Šiauliai city and Šiauliai region did not correspond to national primary natural science education standards (Vilkonienė, Vilkonis ir Lamanauskas, 2005). Some researchers (Klimienė, 2001; Lamanauskas, 1996) maintain that the planned results can be achieved through integrated teaching. In their opinion the objectives and the tasks of natural science education can be implemented through regular and optimal usage of the content of various teaching subjects. The content of native language education contains the activity called subject text reading. Choosing subject texts it is purposeful to consider their content. It is an excellent possibility to integrate the knowledge of natural science into the content of native language education. Reading, discussion and the analysis of the writings presented in the article during the classes of native language would enable effective integration of the points of natural science education. The article also contains the fragments of natural science education standards, which could be purposefully used as a basis for organising integrated education/self-education, and the proposed information sources, which could be purposefully used by pupils and teachers, searching for the answers to the arisen questions. Key words: natural science education, linguistic education, integration, sources of additional information.

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Teaching and learning foreign languages in Uzbekistan. CEFR: learning, teaching and assessment

International Journal on Integrated Education ◽

10.31149/ijie.v3i1.272 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 57-61

Author(s):

B. Tolibjonov ◽

Sh. Samandarov ◽

D. Umirzakova ◽

Y. Yunusova

Keyword(s):

Foreign Language ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

English Language ◽

Language Education ◽

Foreign Language Education ◽

Foreign Languages ◽

National Standard ◽

Education Standards ◽

New Era ◽

Adoption And Implementation

The Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) is the most comprehensive, and the most widely used set of foreign language education standards throughout the world. The recent reforms in foreign language teaching in Uzbekistan have mainly touched upon teaching English language in all levels and stages of education. At this point CEFR plays as the main framework to be adopted in developing the national standard. In this article, we shall discuss reforms of adoption and implementation of the new standard which was a requirement of time and has started a new era in the whole system of foreign languages learning in Uzbekistan.

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Foreign Language Education Standards: Ukrainian Dimension

Universal Journal of Educational Research ◽

10.13189/ujer.2020.080417 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 8 (4) ◽

pp. 1261-1272

Author(s):

Alla M. Bogush ◽

Tetiana M. Korolova ◽

Oleksandra V. Popova

Keyword(s):

Foreign Language ◽

Language Education ◽

Foreign Language Education ◽

Education Standards

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Foreign Experience in Mastering Medical Professional Terminology by Foreign Students at Medical Universities

Comparative Professional Pedagogy ◽

10.1515/rpp-2017-0047 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 7 (4) ◽

pp. 32-38

Author(s):

Olena Homonyuk ◽

Natalia Avramenko

Keyword(s):

General Education ◽

Foreign Students ◽

Communicative Competence ◽

Language Education ◽

Medical Professional ◽

Education Standards ◽

Medical Sector ◽

Important Means ◽

Cis Countries ◽

In Cis

Abstract Professional broadcasting of future medical foreign workers in the medical sector is a compulsory component of their professional readiness. The diversity of professional broadcasting functions of foreign students, the skillful use of the entire range of speech functionality, its external expressive attributability of speech; these are the most important means of medical skills, which are achieved by training at preparatory faculties. The purpose, principles, approaches, content and structure of the program that realize the concept of Ukrainian-language training of foreign citizens in Ukrainian universities have been described. Comparative analysis of the curriculum on studying Ukrainian, Russian languages by foreign students in CIS countries has been conducted. It has been shown that the program meets the requirements of the General Education Standards in the Ukrainian language as a foreign language, the All-European Recommendations on Language Education and defines the levels of language and communicative competence of foreign students for the main types of speech activity: speaking, listening, reading and writing. The program provides the students with communicative needs in everyday life, educational, professional, socio-cultural, educational and scientific spheres and the formation of a communicative competence that will contribute to the formation of the linguistic personality of a future specialist. The analysis of professional broadcasting of future foreign medical workers as a socio-pedagogical problem has been carried out. The importance of mastering professional speech as an obligatory part of professional readiness of foreign students-physicians has been singled out. The efficiency of the methodical system for implementation pedagogical conditions in the process of studying at preparatory faculties in medical universities has been analyzed. All material has been tailored to meet the goals and objectives defined by the cognitive and professional needs of foreign students.

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DEVELOPMENT OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS’ LINGUOCULTURAL COMPETENCE UNDER CONDITIONS OF CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC: UKRAINIAN DIMENSION

Advanced Education ◽

10.20535/2410-8286.228611 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 8 (18) ◽

pp. 103-117

Author(s):

Alla Bogush ◽

Tetiana Korolova ◽

Oleksandra Popova

Keyword(s):

Teaching And Learning ◽

Language Education ◽

Foreign Language Education ◽

Teaching Staff ◽

Education Standards ◽

Normative Documents ◽

Language And Culture ◽

Cultural Information ◽

University Instructors ◽

Key Issues

The aim of the study is to analyse the educational means facilitating the development of the linguocultural competence within the academic environment in Ukraine under conditions of the coronavirus pandemic. About 60 senior students and 15 university instructors giving classes in English and Chinese participated in the research. The research methodology is based on analytical and practical analyses of the normative documents facilitating the correlation of foreign language education standards in Ukraine, Europe and China; interviewing; observation (within the experimental study/training). The results show that all students and instructors admitted the importance of culture-related issues in the process of teaching and learning languages; 99% of the teaching staff and 75% of the students chose a more detailed content of culture-related issues to be taught/learnt; 80% of instructors and 78% of the students highlighted the importance of organising culture-related events. The research results show that it is crucial to accomplish a balanced integration of language and culture in the teaching process. Teachers should clearly understand what cultural information is significant and how to make efficient use of it by applying digital resources. The key issues teachers should pay attention to are the evaluation of cultural information, its accessibility and the most efficient ways to present it to students.

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