scholarly journals Enhancing foreign language communication skills in international business environment

Author(s):  
I V Skrynnikova ◽  
E G Grigorieva
Author(s):  
Tetiana Yefymenko ◽  
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Viktoria Maistrenko ◽  

The purpose of the paper is to identify linguistic abilities to master foreign languages in students-translators. This research was conducted based on the methods and methodology of observation, comparison, analysis, functional and descriptive methods. In order to solve this problem, the achievements of linguistics, sociolinguistics, psychology, psycholinguistics, methods of teaching foreign languages were analyzed, as the study of the phenomenon of linguistics ability is based on them. Linguistic ability includes some specific abilities such as foreign language ability, language guessing, language intuition and communication skills. The result is the formation of a linguistic personality, in particular, the bilingual personality of the translator in a dialogue that has the ability and skills to use the language in all its manifestations in different situations of intercultural communication; the ability to understand and assimilate someone else's way of life and behavior in order to break ingrained stereotypes; skills to expand the individual picture of the world by involving in the "language picture of the world" speakers of the studied language. Value/originality. The development of language abilities is possible on the basis of individualization, differentiation of the learning process and increasing motivation for learning a language. It is necessary to clarify that the presence of communication skills, linguistic intuition and ability to languages is absolutely not enough for a full-fledged foreign language communication, and even more so for characterizing a secondary linguistic personality, in fact, its development is the leading goal of teaching a foreign language for translation students. Linguistic giftedness and ability for languages are only a prerequisite for the formation of intercultural competence and the development of a secondary linguistic personality.


2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 102-110
Author(s):  
I. E. Abramova ◽  
O. M. Sherekhova

Competence-based approach to the use of practice-oriented technologies and the creation of an innovative learning environment is the current trend of Russian higher education. The task of developing graduates’ communicative competence for the implementation of effective corporate communication and labor interaction in a multicultural business environment is still relevant. Being obligatory components of modern professional activity, dialogue and polylogue in English provide information exchange, promote joint decision-making, effective interaction and creative cooperation between specialists of different nationalities as well. Mastering the correct strategy in foreign language communication in the business world makes it possible to overcome language and communication barriers. It has a positive effect on building trust in multinational teams, on which the performance of the entire company depends. The authors analyze a number of difficulties associated with the teaching of these types of communication in the classroom. The article examines the foreign and domestic experience of teaching dialogue and polylogue and describes innovative methods of training students for professional communication. The authors of the article investigate the readiness of students for foreign language communication in professional discourse and describe the practical experience of teaching dialogue and polylogue to non-linguistic students using alternative methods simulating real communicative situations in business communication. It is concluded that the competence-based approach is effective in developing the communicative competence of non-linguistic students in the classroom bilingualism.


2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 71
Author(s):  
Dita Septiana ◽  
Nurhadianti Nurhadianti ◽  
Dinar Purwati ◽  
Didik Murwantono

The reality of education 4.0 is undeniably true of contemporary higher education systems. This is demonstrated by technological developments and online-based developments. This phenomenon is a challenge of any kind, particularly for students to adapt to the creation of learning processes. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to explore the students ' improvements in their communication exchange skills and establish interpersonal relationship skills through the use of conversation exchange websites. There were six females and four males of students that has been using conversation exchange from some countries taken as participants. This survey was carried out using the video call feature in the Application tool. The semi-structured interview was used to obtain information from students on the specific theme of fun and easy conversation exchange in foreign language communication as a part of the educational challenge 4.0. By using the structural analysis, ten students have fully agreed to the use of a conversation exchange website to improve foreign language communication skills. All males and females were 90% willing to use the conversation exchange website as a measure of the effects of the use of conversation exchange through semi-structured interviews with three questions. The results show that the students ' attitudes have been welcomed by the conversation exchange website to enhance their communication skills in foreign languages. Therefore, the use of conversation exchange should be widely introduced to increase the ability to communicate in a foreign language.


2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (11) ◽  
pp. 55-61
Author(s):  
Anastasiya V. Andreeva ◽  
Ksenia A. Mitrofanova ◽  
Valery A. Teleshev ◽  
Felix A. Blyakhman

The paper describes an interdisciplinary experience of teaching one of the modules of medical informatics in English. The interdisciplinary approach was introduced in the Ural State Medical University (USMU). During 2015–2017 academic years, the interdisciplinary team including teachers of the biomedical physics, informatics and mathematics department and foreign languages department of USMU were developing and introducing integrative classes on medical informatics in English. In total, 287 students of general medicine, pediatrics, dentistry and preventive medicine faculties participated in the survey concerning integrative training in medical informatics in English. Evaluation of both foreign language communication skills and abilities to search medical information in international databases was performed during practical studies. 76% of medical students responded positively to the opportunity to improve foreign language communication skills for professional purposes. We find it possible to develop some modules of professional disciplines in English to teach medical students.


Author(s):  
Анна Михайловна Григоренко

Изучается проблема обучения письменной научной коммуникации на иностранном языке с использованием электронной информационно-образовательной среды вуза. Проведён анализ составляющих электронной информационно-образовательной среды университета и результатов обучения с использованием электронного курса по иноязычному академическому письму (на примере жанра академического эссе). Проанализированы ожидания обучающихся о целях обучения, результаты входных и контрольных эссе, а также рефлексии обучающихся на собственную учебную деятельность. Делается вывод об обоснованности необходимости организации электронной информационно-образовательной среды вуза с целью формирования навыков иноязычной письменной научной коммуникации. The focus of the research is the problem of teaching written scientific communication in a foreign language using the electronic information and educational environment of a university. The purpose of the article is to analyze the components of the electronic information and educational environment of a university and learning outcomes using the electronic course on foreign language academic writing (on example of the academic essay genre). The findings are represented by the results of students' expectations about the goals of learning, input and control essays, as well as students' reflection on their own learning activities. It is concluded that the necessity of organizing an electronic information and educational environment of a university in order to form the skills of written scientific foreign language communication is justified.


Author(s):  
Natalia Telychko  ◽  
Mariana Bedevelska 

The urgency is substantiated by the fact that according to the state standard, the purpose of teaching foreign languages within the basic course is to master the basics of foreign language communication, which requires a teacher to provide situations that would stimulate communication, in particular, real communication situations that arise in various spheres of life and relate to different topics. The purpose of the article is to determine the essence and effectiveness of the use of learning and speaking situations for the development of foreign language skills of students as one of the criteria for the formation of pedagogical skills of a foreign language teacher. Theoretical methods applied: analytical and descriptive methods of elaboration of theoretical and critical sources and resources; generalization of the received scientific data; synthesis and generalization of own long-term experience of preparation of future teachers of a foreign language. The use of learning-speaking situation in a foreign language lesson can serve different purposes of learning: to develop skills of dialogic and monologue speech, to help learn lexical and grammatical material. When developing foreign language skills, care should be taken to ensure that students are motivated. Therefore, students' learning activities are organized in such a way that they perform motivated actions with speech material to solve communicative tasks aimed at achieving the goals and intentions of communication. To do this, the teacher should create situations that would stimulate communication, in particular, situations of real communication that arise in different areas of life and relate to different topics. The core idea of the article lies in the fact, that the learning situation should evoke certain emotions in students. And this is possible only when the situation is completely clear to children and the teacher offers it interesting, enthusiastic and students have a desire to participate in communication. Learning situations, texts, and taking into account students' personal experiences can help manage the learning process. Discussion of situations built on the basis of relationships allows you to make the learning process as natural as possible, close to the conditions of real communication. The results of the study allow to make sure that the use of learning and speaking situations for the development of students' communication skills is one of the criteria for the formation of pedagogical skills of a foreign language teacher, as it requires him to show creative initiative, methodical training interest in the subject, to activate students, intelligently and subtly «conduct» the cognitive activity of students. And the most important criterion is productivity, which is the ability of students to hypothetically demonstrate well-formed foreign language communication skills in different areas and different life situations. An analytical review of information sources on the development of foreign language communication skills has been carried out, substantiates the nature and effectiveness of the use of learning and speaking situations for the development of foreign language skills of students as one of the criteria for developing pedagogical skills of a foreign language teacher has been substantiated in the article. The types of use of learning and speaking situations in a foreign language lesson have been determined. The types of exercises were substantiated, taking into account various educational and speech situations. Emphasis was placed on the advantages of using learning and speaking situations for the formation of students' foreign language communication skills. The results of the study allow to make sure that the use of learning and speaking situations for the development of students' communication skills is one of the criteria for the formation of pedagogical skills of a foreign language teacher, as it requires him to show creative initiative, methodical training interest in the subject, to activate students, intelligently and subtly «conduct» the cognitive activity of students. And the most important criterion is productivity, which is the ability of students to hypothetically demonstrate well-formed foreign language communication skills in different areas and different life situations.


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