Features of teaching a foreign language in the digital educational environment of the University

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-57
Author(s):  
Tat'yana Tancura
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Learning Tools ◽  
Language Competence ◽  
Electronic Learning ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Impact

The article examines the impact of the digitalization process on the creation and use of modern electronic tools and technologies for teaching a foreign language in higher education. The article presents the main electronic tools and technologies that are used in the Financial University during the educational process of teaching a foreign language. The author notes the effectiveness of the implementation of the personality-oriented approach, which is provided by individualization and differentiation of training using the Bank of test tasks created by university teachers, and the electronic educational platform Rosetta Stone Advanced. The use of electronic learning tools and digital technologies allows to develop self-organization of the student. Changing the role of the teacher to the role of the manager of educational activities contributes to the formation of the ability to constant self-studying the student throughout his professional and social life. The effectiveness of the electronic learning tools use is proved by the high level of students’ foreign language competence and their assessment of the foreign language teachers’ pedagogical activity with the results of the survey "Students’ view on teachers".

scholarly journals THE ROLE OF MEDIA EDUCATION IN THE TRAINING OF FUTURE FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHERS

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victoria Barkasi ◽  
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Tetiana Filippyeva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Media Education ◽  
Educational Technologies ◽  
Foreign Language Teachers ◽  
Rational Use ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
The Future

The aim of the article is to study the advantages of media education technologies in the training of future foreign language teachers due to the fact that the current stage of society highlights the education of the individual who must effectively select and concentrate information, process it and create new, separate useful from unnecessary ways and programs for their solution. Therefore, today it is not enough to use video, audio, press and information and communication technologies when teaching future foreign language teachers only for the development of oral and written speech. It is necessary to pay attention to the development of visual and critical media literacy of students, based on the main objectives of media education. The article considers the problems of formation of professional competence of the future teacher of a foreign language by means of media education. The author analyzes the principles and functions of media education as the main components of professional media education of the future foreign language teacher. The peculiarities of the introduction and rational use of the latest media educational technologies in the professional training of future foreign language teachers are revealed. Their influence on the educational process and the need to update the role of the teacher in modern conditions of pedagogical activity are analyzed. The relevance of the article is determined by the dynamic trends in the introduction of media in the educational process. The integrated use of media education technologies motivates future foreign language teachers to master their profession, gives them the opportunity to acquire and develop new skills and abilities. The inclusion of the study of media education technologies in the initial program of the Faculty of Foreign Languages will promote the rational use of media education in future professional activities, critical evaluation of information, the ability to analyze and recognize media texts, and learn about new trends in teaching their subject. Improving knowledge in the field of media educational technologies, acquiring knowledge of pedagogical development of personality and awareness of the role and place of teachers in the educational process provides an opportunity to intensify and motivate student learning activities and gain initial pedagogical experience.

scholarly journals Analysis the Educational Factor of Graduate Students from a Bachelor’s Degree in English as a Foreign Language

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 48
Author(s):  
Ramirez Valencia Astrid ◽  
Borja-Alarcon Isabel ◽  
Ramirez Valencia Magnolia
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Public University ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Bachelor's Degree ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
High Level ◽  
English Program ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Educational Field

This article seeks to raise awareness about the impact of graduate students from an undergraduate English program at a public university, from 2011 to 2015, in the geographic scope field. Once they have completed their educational process, which emphasizes on English as a foreign language as well as on the pedagogical and research fields.The main purpose of this paper is to analyze the impact of graduate students from an English teaching program to determine the possible weakness or strengthens that let us consider some modifications in the curriculum that currently educates future teachers.To achieve this purpose, it was necessary to establish a study of these future teachers. As a consequence, an analysis was carried out on the data collected by using interviews, applied to the population.This study showed the high level of employability achieved by the students from the Bachelor’s degree in English, once they finished their studies. It was also observed, that there was a low occupancy in the research field, regardless of being one of the emphases of the curriculum offered by this academic program.Despite this achievement, it is necessary to ask about the perception of employers on the graduates and their employability, as well as the effectiveness of their learning process and their level of performance in the educational field, as a global teacher.

scholarly journals TEACHING FOREIGN LANGUAGES IN THE CONTEXT OF COGNITIVE AND CONCEPTUAL PRIORITIES OF MODERN EDUCATION

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 186-196
Author(s):  
Dana BARTOSH ◽  
Elena STOYANOVA ◽  
Natalya GALSKOVA ◽  
Stefk PETKOVA-KALEVA
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Cognitive Mechanisms ◽  
Language Competence ◽  
Key Skills ◽  
The Impact

The purpose of this paper is to consider the problems of teaching foreign languages as one of the priorities of the modern educational process at different levels. The paper focuses on the priority of the humanitarian paradigm and the impact of the linguocultural situation and the linguistic and cultural environment on the formation of the educational environment and personal development in modern conditions, the similarity of key skills and trends in the development of the educational system in Bulgaria and Russia is established. The cognitive-communicative approach to teaching foreign languages, based on the development and activation of cognitive mechanisms of students and the modernization of the educational environment using cognitive techniques and technologies, determines the effectiveness and quality of teaching foreign languages. Foreign language competence is a necessary and integral part of the communicative competence of an educated person in the modern world. Special attention in thе paper is paid to the specifics of teaching a foreign language (as opposed to the native /or the second native one) outside the sphere of communication.The further development of foreign languageteaching methods of various types of monasticism, in our opinion, will provide not only mastery of the language, but also its successful assimilation.

scholarly journals MEDIA EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES AS A PEDAGOGICAL CONDITION FOR MEDIA LITERACY FORMATION OF FUTURE FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHERS

2020 ◽  
pp. 123-129
Author(s):  
O. Byndas
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Media Literacy ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Scientific Progress ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Educational Technologies ◽  
Technical Equipment ◽  
Foreign Language Teachers

The article, based on the analysis of current research and works of domestic and foreign scientists and practitioners, defines media educational technologies as a means of educational process using periodicals, radio, television, cinema, as well as software and hardware devices that provide collection, processing, accumulation, storage and transmission of information in different languages. The purpose of the article is to theoretically substantiate the importance of media educational technologies as one of the pedagogical conditions for the media literacy formation of future foreign language teachers. Media educational technologies define the role of a foreign language teacher as a model, an expert of thought processes, a skilled user of modern educational technologies, knowledge and the role of a student who should learn from these demonstrations a set of techniques and methods which they will be able to use to gain knowledge. Thus, the teacher develops himself/herself and helps the students. In the course of the work, various ways of media educational technologies classification are considered. However, for this study there is only one necessary and relevant, the one that will open up greater opportunities for the use of the latest information technologies at foreign language lessons. After analyzing different approaches and classifications of media educational technologies as one of the pedagogical conditions for the formation of media literacy of future foreign language teachers, the author concludes that in order to achieve such high performance, there are some difficulties: a lack of knowledge of foreign language teachers and pedagogues, problems with technical equipment, the unwillingness to keep up with the times, and the financial situation in which education and the whole culture find themselves due to the constant lack of underfunding. But the prospects for high-quality and effective use of media technologies in education are obvious – the scientific progress of students, teachers, and hence the whole country.

scholarly journals FOREIGN LANGUAGE COMPETENCE DEVELOPMENT USING CLIL AMONG STUDENTS IN RUSSIAN UNIVERSITIES

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 755-767
Author(s):  
Endzhe Latypova
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Speech Acts ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Empirical Evaluation ◽  
Competence Development ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Linguistic Competence ◽  
Learning Material ◽  
Language Competence ◽  
Russian Universities

Purpose of the study: Justification of the factors of efficiency of implementing Krashen's theory on the basis of the implementation of the ideas of content and language integrated learning (CLIL) for the development of students' language competence in the study of English on the example of Russian universities. Methodology: Questionnaire survey, a pedagogical experiment; correlation-regression analysis; the principal component method (Н5). Main findings: The linguistic competence in foreign language learning should be considered as a set of linguistic, communicative, and social competences consisting of a great variety of speech acts and communicative functions related to communicative behavior and social life. The most important component in the structure of linguistic competence is the linguistic competence proper that determines the level of foreign language proficiency. For students studying using the CLIL method, the learning material complexity level should be 2.5 times higher than the level of students' competence; for students studying in universities that do not use the CLIL method - 1.9 times higher. It is advisable to structure the training on principle from simple to complex content of the learning material, as well as training based on learning materials of higher complexity than the level of students' competence, using an individual approach. Applications of this study: The results obtained will serve as the basis for methodological materials development and an algorithm for organizing the learning process in such a way as to ensure the maximum possible level of language competence development among students using the CLIL method not only in the process of learning English but also other foreign languages. Novelty/Originality of this study: Empirical evaluation of factors of efficiency of practical implementation of the CLIL in the educational process and adaptation of Krashen's methodology in the process of forming students' language competence.

scholarly journals The role of in-service training for language teachers in the domain of language competence

2011 ◽  
Vol 38 ◽  
pp. 21-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mirosław Pawlak
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Teacher Education Programs ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Foreign Language Teachers ◽  
Language Competence ◽  
Service Training

Foreign language teachers’ language competence is one of the key factors contributingto the success of instruction as it ensures the provision of a good model of the target language,enables teachers to address the problems learners encounter, and makes teaching more creative. For this reason, improving this facet of a teacher’s expertise is indispensible in in-service teacher training, either in the form of stand-alone courses or modules incorporated into more comprehensive teacher education programs. The main aim of the present paper is to emphasize the importance of language teachers’ proficiency in the language they teach, describe its dimensions, presentthe possible goals of in-service teacher education in this area, and discuss issues involved inconducting and organizing training of this kind.

scholarly journals Pupils’ approach to teachers’ role as motivating factor in foreign language classes

2017 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-111
Author(s):  
Virginija Jūratė Pukevičiūtė ◽  
Miglė Antanėlienė
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Foreign Language Teachers ◽  
Teacher Behaviour ◽  
Teacher Relationships ◽  
Language Classes ◽  
Motivating Factor

The article researches the pupils’ attitude towards the role of the teacher in the educational process which is revealed through the students-teacher relationships. The study showed that the students appreciate the professional pedagogical and special pedagogical competencies of the foreign language teachers the highest talking of learning and training objectives formulation, the interpretation of training material, the incentive of improvement. Also, students usually appreciate teachers’ personal characteristics positively, emphasizing tactful teacher’ behaviour, patience, objectivity, sense of humour and appropriate speaking tone. Moreover, it turned out that the schoolchildren feel less secure talking of interaction with teachers: they usually turn to the teachers only for subject matters; they do not always feel free in the classroom. Because of a fear to make a mistake the students do not want to express their views openly as they are not always sure that their opinion is important for their teachers.

ПРАГМАТИЧНИЙ ПОТЕНЦІАЛ НАТИВНОЇ РЕКЛАМИ: ФОРМИ, ТРЕНДИ (НА ПРИКЛАДІ НАТИВНОГО КОНТЕНТУ В СОЦІАЛЬНІЙ МЕРЕЖІ FACEBOOK ЩОДО БРЕНДА ФАКУЛЬТЕТУ ЖУРНАЛІСТИКИ ЗНУ)

2020 ◽  
pp. 113
Author(s):  
V. Kovpak ◽  
N. Trotsenko
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Communication Strategy ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
Teacher Student ◽  
The Social ◽  
National University ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Impact

<div><p><em>The article analyzes the peculiarities of the format of native advertising in the media space, its pragmatic potential (in particular, on the example of native content in the social network Facebook by the brand of the journalism department of ZNU), highlights the types and trends of native advertising. The following research methods were used to achieve the purpose of intelligence: descriptive (content content, including various examples), comparative (content presentation options) and typological (types, trends of native advertising, in particular, cross-media as an opportunity to submit content in different formats (video, audio, photos, text, infographics, etc.)), content analysis method using Internet services (using Popsters service). And the native code for analytics was the page of the journalism department of Zaporizhzhya National University on the social network Facebook. After all, the brand of the journalism department of Zaporozhye National University in 2019 celebrates its 15th anniversary. The brand vector is its value component and professional training with balanced distribution of theoretical and practical blocks (seven practices), student-centered (democratic interaction and high-level teacher-student dialogue) and integration into Ukrainian and world educational process (participation in grant programs).</em></p></div><p><em>And advertising on social networks is also a kind of native content, which does not appear in special blocks, and is organically inscribed on one page or another and unobtrusively offers, just remembering the product as if «to the word». Popsters service functionality, which evaluates an account (or linked accounts of one person) for 35 parameters, but the main three areas: reach or influence, or how many users evaluate, comment on the recording; true reach – the number of people affected; network score – an assessment of the audience’s response to the impact, or how far the network information diverges (how many share information on this page).</em></p><p><strong><em>Key words:</em></strong><em> nativeness, native advertising, branded content, special project, communication strategy.</em></p>

Methods Of Teaching English Literature For Students Of Graduation In Andhra Pradesh

Think India ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 455-457
Author(s):  
Y.L MARREDDY
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
English Literature ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Teaching Literature ◽  
Universal Language ◽  
Level Of Understanding

Y.L MARREDDY English is recognized as a universal language. Learning English is inevitable in this present global scenario. It also acts like a link language. Especially, English literature enables learners to develop critical thinking skills, helps to discover and enlighten themselves. It is quite challenging task to teachers to teach literature for studentsin non native English countries like India. The role of the language teachers becomes predominant and the methods of teaching literature according to the students’ level of understanding also play a significant role because studying literature assists students’ tohave real time experiences, passion for language acquisition and think innovatively. In this context, it is necessary for teachers to distinct between teaching literature for special purposes or it is used as a resource language for teaching this foreign language. This paper throws light on the importance of teaching literature, several approaches and methods of teaching literature at graduate level. Literature connects the cultures across the world, throws challenges to solve and even to heal some cultures. It really provides an individual space for learners to express themselves and improve competence levels among them. It allows learners to share their participation in the experience of others, strengthens to shape, alter their attitude and meet their expectations.

scholarly journals Sustainable Innovation in Higher Education: The Impact of Gender on Innovation Competences

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 5004
Author(s):  
Raquel Ferreras-Garcia ◽  
Jordi Sales-Zaguirre ◽  
Enric Serradell-López
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Business Students ◽  
Bachelor's Degree ◽  
Sustainable Innovation ◽  
Educational Implications ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Innovation In Higher Education

There is currently an increasing interest for sustainable innovation in our society. The European agendas highlight the role of higher education institutions in the formation and development of innovation competences among students. Our study aimed to contribute to the analysis of the level of achievement of students’ innovation competences by considering two sustainable development goals (SDG) of the 2030 United Nations’ Agenda: Gender Equality (SDG 5) and Quality Education (SDG 4). This article tries to answer how business students perceive their own innovation competences and which innovative competences are best achieved by students, as well as if there are differences in the achievement of these competences depending on the students’ gender. Our results, from a sample of 360 students in the Business Administration and Management Bachelor’s Degree at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, confirm the extensive development of innovation competences. Moreover, female students present a high level of preparation for innovation-oriented action. These findings have educational implications for potentiating the innovation competences and environments where females can attain innovation skills.

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