scholarly journals Increasing students’ motivation by integrating projects on foreign languages into learning process

2021 ◽  
Vol 273 ◽  
pp. 12157
Author(s):  
Svetlana Ignatova ◽  
Irina Bobykina ◽  
Elmira RKoleeva

The article reveals the influence of extracurricular projects in a foreign language on the students’ motivation in non-linguistic areas of university education for learning a foreign language. Extracurricular projects include Olympiads, conferences and various competitions for translation, essays, videos and similar types of extracurricular activities. The article reveals the illumination of the problem of motivation in the psychological and pedagogical community and gives various points of view on the factors that contribute to increasing motivation for learning a foreign language through extracurricular projects. A survey of students with non-linguistic specialization of the university revealed the key positive and negative factors that determine the attitude of students to such projects. The insignificant number of project participants is explained by the lack of awareness among students and fear of failure. The factors encouraging participation were the interest in the format of the event, the expected benefits for professional development, the support of the environment and a sense of belonging to the faculty. On the basis of the results obtained, recommendations are given to increase the motivation of students to learn a foreign language through participation in projects in foreign languages, and the need to integrate extracurricular academic activity into the educational program is substantiated.

1977 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 58-71
Author(s):  
Maria Oud-de Glas

At the Institute for Applied Sociology of the University of Nijmegen, an investigation into foreign language needs of several groups in Dutch society has been carried out in 1975 through 1977. Questionnaires were submitted to these different groups, e.g. to former pupils of secondary schools. The questionnaire consisted mainly of a list of 24 descriptions of situations in which foreign languages are used. In these descriptions the significant features of language situations are systematically varied. For each situa-tion we asked if and how frequently it occurs and if the knowledge of the languages learnt is sufficient for this kind of situation. The results of the investigation show large differences in language needs (defined as actual use of the foreign language and shortcomings in the knowledge of that language in certain situations) both between the former pupils of the different types of secondary schools as well as between the languages most commonly taught in Dutch schools, French, German and English. More specifically it was found that the actual use of foreign languages occurs more frequently among former pupils of certain vocational schools (especially technical schools) than among former pupils of general secondary schools. French appears to be used less frequently than German and English. English is used by a somewhat larger group than German, but this does not hold for all groups. Former pupils of technical schools use German as much as English. The resulting data can be used to choose objectives for foreign language teaching. There is however no simple and direct way from language needs to objectives. In choosing objectives on the basis of findings on language needs, one will have to decide which measure of language needs is taken into account and how this measure (or these measures) is (are) used. If we decide for example to take the size of the group that has actually used a foreign language in one of the situations as a criterion for the choice of that situation as a part of the objectives of language teaching, we will then have to decide where we draw the line between situations that are and situations that are not important enough to be chosen. In other words, we have to decide how large the group of language users must be. It is evident that there is no shorter way from language needs to objectives than a carefully argued choice of measures and of the use of these measures.


Author(s):  
Л. Иванова ◽  
L. Ivanova ◽  
Е. Лукомская ◽  
E. Lukomskaya

The article deals with a new trend in foreign language teaching based on the cross-cultural approach. The challenge for teachers today is to develop students common, communicative and language competences which are essential conditions for the realization of such a task of modern language policy as the establishment of mutual understanding between different cultures. The components of communicative competence are established. The development of communicative competence is considered to be an obligatory condition for mutual understanding between nations in modern world.


Author(s):  
Dismas Nkezabera

ICT offers new teaching and/or learning methods, especially in the field of foreign languages. These new technologies develop not only new teaching and learning environments, but also raise the issue of their pedagogical integration in teaching French as Foreign language. This article aims at addressing issues related to the contribution of ICT in an action-oriented perspective “task” and “learning scenario” (Mangenot, 2003). The objective is to identify the pitfalls faced by teachers in their attempt to integrate new technologies in teaching FFL. Our assumption is that ICTs provides the learner a new way of acquiring knowledge and skills. This case study raises a number of concerns with regard to integration of ICT in the teaching of FFL. How for instance do teachers of French integrate ICT in their actual teaching in order to motivate and empower their learners? And then, what are the obstacles to the integration of new  technologies in the university system of teaching? By way of a systematic approach, this study discusses an experiment with undergraduate and postgraduate students who are using learning scenarios in written production activities by following well-defined instructions.


2018 ◽  
pp. 75-85
Author(s):  
Florinela Şerbǎnicǎ

En Roumanie, l’enseignement du français langue étrangère au niveau de licence se réalise dans le cadre des deux filières: Langues et littératures ainsi que Langues Étrangères Appliquées (LEA). Initiée il y a plus d’une vingtaine d’années, la filière LEA a connu un réel succès auprès du public étudiant roumain et fonctionne actuellement dans plusieurs universités à côté de la formation littéraire traditionnelle. A travers une analyse panoramique de quelques documents de référence utilisés dans les universités roumaines (plans d’enseignement et fiches des disciplines), nous nous proposons de parvenir à une meilleure projection du cours de Pragmatique que nous assurons dans notre université, avec une sélection des contenus, méthodes et supports didactiques qui illustre mieux les principes de la filière LEA et qui offre à nos diplômés des compétences professionnelles appropriées au marché du travail actuel. Ce travail liminaire est une première exploration des fiches de formations dans lesquelles on retrouve des thèmes liés à la pragmatique. What pragmatics are we currently teaching (2017) in Romania in applied foreign languages study programmes? In Romania, French as a foreign language at the undergraduate level is taught in two study programmes: Languages and Literatures and Applied Foreign Languages (LEA). Initiated more than twenty years ago, the LEA programmes have been a real success with Romanian students and, alongside traditional courses in literature, are currently implemented in several universities. Having analysed some key reference documents of Romanian universities (mainly syllabi and course descriptions), I propose how to achieve better results in a course on pragmatics offered at the University of Piteşti. My proposals focus specifically on the selection of contents, methods and teaching aids aimed at equipping our students with professional skills appropriate to the current job market. Key words: course description; language and literature; LEA; syllabus; pragmatics.


2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 220-233
Author(s):  
Luluk Elvitaria

Extracurricular activities are additional activities in schools, where through this activity, students can add or explore the skills of students in self-development efforts. One of the extracurricular activities is foreign language extracurricular activities, covering 5 languages ​​namely Arabic, English, German, Mandarin, Japanese. In knowing students' interest in extracurricular activities, a study was conducted on the level of interest in extracurricular activities, namely foreign languages, students at the Vocational School Health Analyst Abdurrab. In predicting the level of interest in foreign languages ​​by the process of data mining using the C45 Algorithm method. C45 algorithm is a group of Decision Tree Algorithms. From this research, the school can find out the extent of interest in foreign languages ​​in students and schools can increase extracurricular activities and students can develop their interest in foreign languages ​​as they wish.


2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (3(53)) ◽  
pp. 34-38
Author(s):  
Valerii I. Uvarov

The article attempts to analyze the current trends in education and identify the most important ones for teaching at the university. As a result of the study of domestic and foreign scientific works devoted to the modernization of education, the author offers a list of strategically important modern trends that need to be massively implemented in the national educational environment in order to improve the quality of teaching various disciplines at the university. The examples presented in the article are taken from the author’s personal professional experience, since all of the stated trends are reflected in his teaching activities. In conclusion, the author points out that the list of potential innovations is not limited to this article, and expresses hope for further research on this issue, considering it strategically important for national education.


2021 ◽  
pp. 177-187
Author(s):  
Мария Владимировна Асмоловская ◽  
Агзам Абрарович Валеев

Деятельностный характер современного высшего образования настоятельно требует сегодня введения в его содержание и формирования у студентов рефлексивных компетенций, что может говорить о важном направлении модернизации образования в целом. Это касается, в частности, и обучения иностранному языку, где существенным образовательным ресурсом становится использование интерактивных технологий, когда в условиях постоянного обновления информации становится столь необходимым ее рефлексивное обобщение. В этой связи использование студентами интерактивных технологий в ходе изучения иностранного языка с точки зрения их рефлексивной готовности к этому становится особенно актуальным, поскольку студенты не обладают еще достаточным умением выявлять причинно-следственные связи в лингвистических аспектах изучаемого языка. Проблема развития рефлексивной готовности студентов к использованию интерактивных технологий в процессе обучения иностранному языку обусловливается потребностью обновления вузовской системы образования, где имеют место определенные противоречия. Это касается, например, требования по решению проблемы расширения рефлексивной деятельности студента и недостаточной методологической разработанностью качественного введения рефлексии в процесс обучения иностранному языку с учетом использования интерактивных технологий. В связи с этим проанализированы методологические аспекты рефлексивных умений студентов вуза посредством интерактивных технологий. Таким образом, целью настоящей работы стало рассмотрение аспектов развития рефлексивной готовности студентов к использованию интерактивных технологий в процессе обучения иностранному языку. The active nature of modern higher education today urgently requires the introduction into its content of the formation of students’ reflective competencies, which can be said as an important direction of modernization of education in general. This applies, in particular, to teaching a foreign language, where the use of interactive technologies also becomes an essential educational resource, when, under conditions of constant updating of information, its reflexive generalization becomes so necessary. In this regard, the use of interactive technologies by students in the teaching process of a foreign language from the point of view of their reflexive readiness for this becomes especially relevant, since students do not yet have sufficient ability to identify cause-and-effect relationships in the linguistic aspects of the language being studied. Hence, the formulation of the problem of the development of students’ reflexive readiness to use interactive technologies in the teaching process of a foreign language is conditioned by the need to update the university education system, where there are certain contradictions. This concerns, for example, the requirements for solving the problem of expanding the student’s reflective activity and the insufficient methodological development of the qualitative introduction of reflection into the process of teaching a foreign language, taking into account the use of interactive technologies. In this regard, this article is devoted to understanding the methodological aspects of the reflexive skills of university students, in particular, through interactive technologies. Thus, the purpose of this work was to consider the aspects of the development of students’ reflective readiness to use interactive technologies in the teaching process of a foreign language.


Author(s):  
Mariusz Jakosz

The article presents the impact of emotions on teaching children foreign languages. To this end, the results of a research project carried out under the auspices of the Institute of German Philology at the University of Silesia in Katowice are discussed. The project consisted in providing language courses at three kindergartens and one primary school. During those courses, German was taught as a foreign language using the storytelling approach. The project results led to the conclusion that, unlike traditional teaching methods, which are based on very limited input and intensive imitation, the teaching method used creates much more favourable conditions for the activation of innate language acquiring processes and takes the level of the children’s cognitive development into account to a larger degree. The objectives of the evaluation were – among other things – to determine how the storytelling approach affects children’s attitudes to a foreign language, whether it arouses their internal motivation for acquiring a foreign language, whether it contributes to building their confidence, and whether it stimulates their imagination and creativity.


Author(s):  
L. Semenenko ◽  
E. Kolennikova ◽  
T. Akinina ◽  
V. Kulbashevsky ◽  
M. Naumenko

The high requirements for training a military specialist include improving the quality of language education for students of military universities, which can be accomplished by reforming ineffective teaching methods in a foreign language. Moreover, when updating and improving existing methods and developing technologies of teaching foreign languages, it is necessary to take into account the specifics of the educational institution, the closeness and isolation of the military organization. Given these features, modern methods of teaching foreign languages in military universities should be aimed at the formation of professional competence, and the development of a versatile personality, able to express their opinions competently. Formation of foreign language discursive competence in military specialists will not only effectively and profoundly acquire practical knowledge, but will also help to develop professional motivation for learning a foreign language. In order to study the ways of formation of discursive competence in students of higher military educational institutions it is advisable to: identify the essence of discursive competence, giving it the most capacious definition; determine the structure of the phenomenon under study and identify its main components; to determine the specifics of discursive competence in higher military education. Based on most definitions, foreign-language discursive competence should be developed as a pragmatic ability, selecting as a basis the skills and competencies that will be most relevant within a particular military specialty. Modern training technologies and developments, based on the basic principles of teaching a foreign language for professional purposes, can significantly improve the efficiency of the process of learning a foreign language


Author(s):  
Ivanna V. Ganzhara ◽  

The issue of the development of civic consciousness of student youth is of considerable interest both for teachers of the Humanities in general and for teachers-researchers in particular. The article examines the problem of civic education among modern students in the process of studying at universities against the background of increasingly complex socio-political environment. The author analyzes the environment in which the development of civic traits of students takes place today, defines the socio-pedagogical features of their character and identifies possible causes of problems in the process of civic consciousness development at the institutions of higher education. The article considers various approaches to the definition of the concept of citizenship in modern pedagogical research and highlights its main structural components. Besides, it justifies the priority areas in which the process of educating a citizen should take place and emphasizes the demand to create conditions for the development of personal motives, interests and needs. The possibility to use the study of foreign languages in combination with various disciplines of the humanities for the purpose of developing civic traits of the individual is shown. The author also seeks to focus on the most effective forms of pedagogical influence on students in order to develop their civic consciousness during their studies at universities through the learning of foreign languages. Considerable attention is paid to various forms of extracurricular activities with students using the foreign language they are studying, which can influence very effectively over the formation of a solid citizen in today’s environment.


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