«Case analysis» Method as Applied to Higher School ESOL Teaching

10.12737/2670 ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-41
Author(s):  
Ирина Андреева ◽  
Irina Andreeva

The article discusses the use of the «Case analysis» method in teaching students a foreign language at higher school. Acquainting the reader with the history and development of this method, the paper provides a detailed comparative analysis of the «Case analysis» and the method of problem analysis taking into consideration the experience of using it in the Russian higher education environment. The article presents the advantages and disadvantages of both methods when teaching a foreign language and provides an execution plan for working with foreign-language material in the context of modular training and the above-mentioned techniques usage — the stages of implementation, a plan diagram, evaluation criteria. The author also emphasizes the necessity of additional training for teachers.

2017 ◽  
Vol 28 (68) ◽  
pp. 600 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyria Rebeca Finardi ◽  
Felipe Furtado Guimarães

<p>Este artigo tem como objetivo discutir a relação entre a avaliação da pós-graduação e a internacionalização do ensino superior brasileiro. Para tanto, revisam-se os critérios de avaliação dos rankings e o papel das línguas estrangeiras em tais processos. O estudo é de cunho bibliográfico documental e discute as tensões/implicações existentes por trás dessas questões que envolvem o ensino superior. De maneira geral, conclui-se que os critérios de avaliação do ensino superior incluídos nos rankings internacionais não são capazes de capturar a realidade no Brasil e, por isso, não beneficiam a avaliação de nossas instituições. Em relação ao papel das línguas estrangeiras no processo de avaliação e internacionalização do ensino superior como um todo, o estudo mostra que o inglês tem um papel-chave e determinante no resultado dessa avaliação.</p><p><strong>Palavras-chave:</strong> Avaliação da Pós-Graduação; Internacionalização; Língua Estrangeira; Rankings Acadêmicos.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Internacionalización, rankings y publicaciones en inglés: la situación de Brasil en la actualidad</strong></p><p>Este artículo tiene el objetivo de discutir la relación entre la evaluación del postgrado y la internacionalización de la educación superior brasileña. Para ello se revisan los criterios de evaluación de los rankings y el papel de los idiomas extranjeros en tales procesos. El estudio es de cuño bibliográfico documental y discute las tensiones/implicaciones existentes detrás de estas cuestiones que envuelven la educación superior. De manera general se concluye que los criterios de evaluación de la educación superior incluidos en los rankings internacionales no son capaces de capturar la realidad en Brasil y por ello no benefician la evaluación de nuestras instituciones. En lo que se refiere al papel de los idiomas extranjeros en el proceso de evaluación e internacionalización de la educación superior como un todo, el estudio muestra que el idioma inglés tiene un papel fundamental y determinante en el resultado de dicha evaluación.</p><p><strong>Palabras-clave:</strong> Evaluación del Postgrado; Internacionalización; Idioma Extranjero; Rankings Académicos.</p><p>  </p><p><strong>Internationalization, rankings and publications in english: the situation of Brazil nowadays</strong></p><p>This paper aims to discuss the relationship between the evaluation of graduate courses and the internationalization of Brazilian higher education. To do so, this study reviews the ranking evaluation criteria and the role of foreign language in these processes. This study is bibliographic and documental and discusses the tensions and implications that exist and underpin the evaluation of graduate courses and the internationalization of higher education. In general, this study shows that the criteria for evaluating higher education used in international rankings do not reflect the reality of Brazil and they do not evaluate our institutions favorably. Concerning the role of foreign language in higher education evaluation and internationalization, the study shows that English plays a key and decisive role in this evaluation.</p><p><strong>Keywords:</strong> Graduate Education Evaluation; Internationalization; Foreign Language; Academic Rankings.</p>


2021 ◽  
pp. 57-66
Author(s):  
Александра Владимировна Кудряшова

Проанализированы основные положения Проекта 5-100 на предмет требований, выдвигаемых к вузам-участникам, методологии мировых рейтингов ARWU, QS, THE и их индикаторов как конечных результатов деятельности университетов, позиций российских университетов в мировом образовательном пространстве на примере Томского политехнического университета (ТПУ), а также предложение ряда мероприятий улучшающего вмешательства для корректировки ситуации. Проведен сопоставительный анализ позиций Массачусетского технологического института, Московского государственного университета им. М. В. Ломоносова и ТПУ в мировых рейтингах и определены две группы аспектов деятельности ТПУ: сильные стороны вуза с позиции рейтинга QS и аспекты, требующие корректировки в виду недостаточно высокого количества набираемых баллов. Перечислен ряд мер, направленных на усиление «слабых» позиций ТПУ в мировых рейтингах с целью улучшения качества показателей и предполагающих создание условий для развития мультиязыковой среды, переподготовки преподавателей и пересмотра образовательных программ. В качестве эффективного условия для консолидации рекомендованных мер предложено внедрение в систему обучения в вузе таких методов, которые бы создавали условия для развития мультиязыковой среды, т. е. методов, предполагающих интеграцию предметных знаний и иностранного языка. Гипотеза относительно эффективности методов, интегрирующих предметные и языковые знания, основывается на предположении об их потенциале в отношении усиления практической ориентированности языковой практики среди студентов и преподавателей, а также сокращения временного ресурса на овладение иностранным языком для профессиональной коммуникации. The article considers the urgent problem of improving the competitiveness of Russian universities in the global educational space. The problem is initiated by a challenging requirement to the system of Russian higher professional education, specifically, to comply with the modern pace of world development. This requirement is included in the list of global challenges for universities and is designated in the State Program of the Russian Federation “Development of Education in 2013–2020” as one of the crucial tasks of modernization and development of higher professional education. The launch of Project 5-100 has been the main vector of modernizing Russian higher education. The article aims to analyze the main provisions of Project 5-100, the methodology of world rankings ARWU, QS, THE and their indicators, the positions of Russian universities in the global educational space by the example of Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU), as well as to develop corrective measures. The main research methods were as follows: analysis of pedagogical literature, Project 5-100 documentation, methodology of world rankings ARWU, QS and THE, as well as analysis and synthesis of the information obtained. The study analyzed the positions of MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Lomonosov Moscow State University and TPU in the world rankings and identified two groups of TPU activities: TPU strengths and underachievements with regard to QS ranking. As well, measures to fix underachievements by improving the quality of ranking indicators and providing the development of a multilingual environment, retraining teachers and revising educational programs were provided. An effective condition for the consolidation of the proposed measures, it is suggested to implement the teaching methods that would create conditions for the development of a multilingual environment, specifically, the methods involving the integration of subject knowledge and foreign language. The assumption regarding the effectiveness of methods integrating subject and language knowledge is based on their potential to strengthen the practical orientation of language practice among students and teachers, as well as reduce the time resource for mastering a foreign language for professional communication.


InterConf ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 192-210
Author(s):  
Abdulkhalig Mammadli

The purpose of this study is to summarize the evaluation criteria based on the organizations that determine the ranking of universities in the international arena and to formulate a proposal for the establishment of entrepreneur universities in Azerbaijan. The topic was studied by the method of qualitative research. The data for the study were collected from the evaluation tables of five different organizations that make up the rankings of the world’s universities. The obtained data were analyzed by the document analysis method. As a result of the study, certain proposals were made regarding the importance of transforming Azerbaijani higher education institutions into entrepreneur universities. It is revealed that, the prospective changes of the Azerbaijani universities into the entrepreneur universities is predicted to benefit the country’s social and economic development and in return increase the level of these universities in the Global University ranking tables.


Author(s):  
Erda Wati Bakar

The Common European Framework of Reference for Language (CEFR) has become the standard used to describe and evaluate students’ command of a second or foreign language. It is an internationally acknowledged standard language proficiency framework which many countries have adopted such as China, Thailand, Japan and Taiwan. Malaysia Ministry of Education is aware and realise the need for the current English language curriculum to be validated as to reach the international standard as prescribed by the CEFR. The implementation of CEFR has begun at primary and secondary level since 2017 and now higher education institutions are urged to align their English Language Curriculum to CEFR as part of preparation in receiving students who have been taught using CEFR-aligned curriculum at schools by year 2022. This critical reflection article elucidates the meticulous processes that we have embarked on in re-aligning our English Language Curriculum to the standard and requirements of CEFR. The paper concludes with a remark that the alignment of the English curriculum at the university needs full support from the management in ensuring that all the stakeholders are fully prepared, informed and familiar with the framework.


2018 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Balčiūnaitienė Asta ◽  
Teresevičienė Margarita

Abstract The article aims to emphasize the role of foreign language teaching in fostering sustainable development competence in higher education. Foreign language classes enable students to analyze actual topics about sustainable development, to discuss problems, to share personal emotions and experiences. English as a foreign language curriculum aims to build students’ basic language communicative skills with the focus on sustainability, communication for the enhancement of sustainable development competence. The present paper aims to analyze the correlation of sustainable development competence between English as a foreign language studies in the system of higher education. The article overviews the importance of the sustainable development competence development on the theoretical level as well as introduces the practices of the importance of sustainable development competence elements in foreign language classes on the empirical level. The research was planned and performed in 5 universities of Lithuania, in which the respondents studying English (average age of participants was 22 years old) expressed their opinions on the sustainable development topics and usefulness of sustainable development competence. The results of the research demonstrate that students are more engaged in topics and materials on sustainable development and it is challenging for pedagogues to constantly update their materials, to apply innovative English as a foreign language teaching strategies related to sustainable development in foreign language classroom. Therefore, the research findings with the embedded elements for sustainable development competence development encourage educators to search for innovative ways of English as a foreign language teaching in higher education.


Author(s):  
Shane Pachagadu ◽  
Liezel Nel

Numerous studies have explored the potential of podcast integration in teaching and learning environments. This paper first presents and organises perspectives from literature in a conceptual framework for the effective integration of podcasting in higher education. An empirical study is then discussed in which the guidelines presented in the framework were evaluated for applicability in a selected course at a South African University of Technology. Since the results of the study revealed a number of aspects not accounted for in the conceptual framework, the framework was customised to make it more applicable for the particular higher education environment. The customised framework identifies four principles and a series of related guidelines for the effective integration of podcasts in a South African higher education teaching and learning environment. This framework can become a valuable resource for effective podcast integration in similar environments.


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