scholarly journals Prospects of Using Foreign Language Texts of Literary Works in Teaching English at the University

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4.38) ◽  
pp. 659
Author(s):  
Monica-Nataliia Laurensovna Wagner ◽  
Elena Yuryevna Kartseva ◽  
Umeda Akparovna Ovezova ◽  
Daria Vladimirovna Tavberidze
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Highly Qualified ◽  
Literary Works ◽  
Language Competence ◽  
Cross Cultural Communication ◽  
The Status ◽  
Sociocultural Differences ◽  
The University

At the present stage of the development of society, the need for the transition of the education system to a whole new level has become especially topical. Expanding cooperation with other states and strengthening of external links, the integration of all spheres of life makes foreign languages necessary in real human activities. This significantly changes the status of a foreign language, requiring the training of highly qualified specialists able to navigate the modern world. The relevance of the study is that foreign language literary works contain a significant explicitly and implicitly expressed culturological potential that foreign language teachers can use in the process of teaching a foreign language to students. The purpose of this paper is the analysis of the possibilities of using the cultural potential of works of foreign fiction to expand the language competence of students a significant part of whom will integrate themselves into the world scientific community in the near future. The paper shows that skills’ development of cross-cultural communication, as well as the language competence of students are the part of the process of reading authentic artistic texts, so that they simultaneously begin to understand the possible difference between their native culture and other cultures, acquire the ability to overcome sociocultural differences taking into account some cultural and regional-specific features of different countries and mastering the common factors of text construction, its functions, and realizing its main lexical-thematic line. At the same time, reading teaching should be carried out taking into account the complexity of the selected texts and simultaneously teaching the recording of the reading, the fulfillment of various creative tasks for inducing independent conclusions and judgments.  

scholarly journals Teacher to Researcher: Reflections on a New Action Research Program for University EFL Teachers

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Burns ◽  
Anne Westmacott
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Research Programme ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
First Year ◽  
Foreign Language Teachers ◽  
Research Publication ◽  
Efl Teachers ◽  
The University ◽  
Relevant Factors

One of the current challenges facing many universities is how to support teachers in becoming researchers. This article discusses the experiences at a small private Chilean university of a new action research programme that was developed as a vehicle for helping teachers to become involved in research and write a research publication for peer-reviewed journals. We present findings from research into similar programmes about relevant factors for their success, describe the programme developed at the university with five English as a Foreign Language teachers in 2016, and discuss some reflections on this first year of the programme.

scholarly journals РІВНІ ІНШОМОВНОЇ КОМПЕТЕНТНОСТІ МАЙБУТНІХ ФАХІВЦІВ СОЦІАЛЬНОЇ СФЕРИ

2019 ◽  
pp. 16-20
Author(s):  
Павелків К. М.
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Experimental Research ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Language Training ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Language Competence ◽  
Social Sphere ◽  
Competence Level ◽  
The University

The article presents the results of experimental research of foreign language competence level of future social sphere specialist. The experimental data are compared with the results of students’ under study self-assessment of their foreign language competence level. The article shows the results of the influence of methodological system of foreign language training of future social sphere specialist on the increase of the level of foreign language competence among participants of experimental groups. Creative, medium, satisfactory and unsatisfactory levels of foreign language competence of future social sphere specialist are characterized from the point of view students’ reflexion. The research approves the effectiveness of pedagogical influences introduced at the forming stage of the experiment through approbation of the author’s methodical system of foreign language training in the university.

Intercultural Awareness in Foreign Language Teaching: A Chinese Perspective

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 768
Author(s):  
Yinghao Li
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Foreign Language Teachers ◽  
Intercultural Awareness ◽  
Chinese Perspective ◽  
Culture Teaching ◽  
The Status ◽  
English Culture

The paper discusses the status quo of the English culture teaching and learning in Chinese colleges. In the pedagogical level, most foreign language teachers have very vague idea of what the culture should be and what should be taught in terms of English culture. Lacking in the principled methodology in promoting students’ intercultural awareness, teachers either turn deaf to the new trend or frustrated by the communicative approach, somehow falling back to the more traditional but effective grammar-translation approach. The changing scenario of language teaching has constituted new challenges for the English educators in China. The paper proposes that more research should be channeled to the research of the paradigm of the English as an International Language (EIL) through intercultural awareness.

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".

The Role of Intercultural Approach in Teaching Foreign Languages at the University

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 65-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Л. Иванова ◽  
L. Ivanova ◽  
Е. Лукомская ◽  
E. Lukomskaya
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Communicative Competence ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Mutual Understanding ◽  
Modern Language ◽  
Cultural Approach ◽  
The University ◽  
Different Cultures

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.

scholarly journals The English-speaking environment of a non-linguistic university: features, prospects and risks in the context of digital transformations

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Р.М. Игнатьева
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
English Language ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
University Management ◽  
State Budget ◽  
Language Competence ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Language Environment ◽  
The University

В статье раскрыты стратегические цели и задачи проекта «Формирование англоязычной среды» в одном из региональных неязыковых вузов в ГБОУ ВО «Альметьевский государственный нефтяной институт». Автором представлены результаты констатирующего этапа эксперимента по формированию иноязычной компетенции субъектов образовательного процесса, позволяющие выявить как проблемы преподавателей, так и студентов. В связи с этим, в рамках реализации данного проекта автором разработан комплекс мероприятий по повышению уровней сформированности иноязычной компетенции отдельно для преподавателей и студентов; представлены педагогические механизмы поступательного формирования англоязычной среды для руководства вуза; выявлены особенности и конкурентные преимущества вуза в формировании англоязычной среды; спрогнозированы некоторые организационные ограничения и риски при реализации данного проекта. The article describes the strategic goals and objectives of the project "Formation of the English-speaking environment" in one of the regional non-linguistic universities in the State Budget Institution of Higher Education "Almetyevsk State Oil Institute". The author presents the experimental results of the establishing stage on forming foreign language competence of the subjects of the educational process, allowing to reveal both teachers' and students' problems. In this regard the author developed a set of measures to increase the levels of foreign language competence formation separately for teachers and students; presented pedagogical mechanisms of progressive formation of English-language environment for university management; identified features and competitive advantages of the university in formation of English-language environment; predicted some organizational constraints and risks in realization of the project.

scholarly journals Augmented and virtual reality technologies: innovations in teaching foreign languages at the university

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 53-67
Author(s):  
Zoya I. Konnova ◽  
◽  
Galina V. Semenova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Visual Information ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Language Competence ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
The University

Modern society requires specialists who are ready to act in a high-tech professional environment. The use of Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) technologies is a key direction for the development of the professional sphere in the near future. The relevance of this study is due to the need to introduce these technologies in the field of foreign language education in universities to optimize the process of forming students' professional foreign language competence. The purpose of this article is to study and analyze the existing experience of using educational technologies of augmented and virtual reality in teaching a foreign language in Russia and abroad. Methodology and methods: the lack of a sufficient research base devoted directly to the experience of implementing AR and VR technologies in the process of teaching a foreign language to university students led to the choice of a comprehensive research methodology: theoretical analysis of scientific, pedagogical and methodological literature on the research topic, description and analysis of research results. As a result, the article analyzes the use of augmented and virtual reality technologies in teaching a foreign language, their purpose and functions. The possibility of using these technologies in the educational environment in order to visualize the educational material, supplement it with visual information technologies by reading the QR code with smartphones, tablets and other gadgets, increase motivation and interest in learning is shown. The advantages and disadvantages of augmented and virtual reality technologies are highlighted. It is concluded that educational AR and VR technologies have a huge potential for teaching a foreign language in universities, and many of their shortcomings will be eliminated in the coming years.

scholarly journals My Teaching Philosophy with Particular Reference to Teaching of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 50
Author(s):  
Nehal Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
English Language ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Teaching Philosophy ◽  
Foreign Language Teachers ◽  
Self Development ◽  
Real Life Situation ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
The University

<p><em>It has been due on my part to share my own teaching philosophy with my colleagues in the University in general and other language instructors engaged in this noble profession. Needless to say, creating our own teaching philosophy is an innovative practice and it should be a meaningful part of us as second/foreign language teachers since it states our teaching/learning vision and wisdom, observations, experiences, goals, beliefs, level of professionalism and self-development among many other things. However, in real life situation, we do not often implement all our innovative ideas that we possess in our teaching philosophy. The main objective of the present study is to share my decades of experiences as a language instructor as a student of linguistics as well as an English language instructor. </em></p>

scholarly journals OCENIANIE KOMPETENCJI STUDENTÓW – PRZYSZŁYCH NAUCZYCIELI JĘZYKA OBCEGO PRZEZ NAUCZYCIELI – OPIEKUNÓW PRAKTYK, NA PRZYKŁADZIE JĘZYKA FRANCUSKIEGO

Neofilolog ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 195-211
Author(s):  
Monika Grabowska
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Evaluation Tool ◽  
Foreign Language Teachers ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Self Evaluation ◽  
Key Competences ◽  
Didactic Skills ◽  
The University

The aim of this paper is to analyse how French teachers evaluate the didactic skills of students of the Institute of Romance Studies after their three-week teaching practice in a Polish middle or high school. We will be interested primarily in the descriptive evaluation written by the supervising school teachers, which affords an overview of the key competences of foreign language teachers in their own opinion (i.e. their personal theory of teaching) as well as of the terminology used to describe them and reflecting modern or more traditional conceptions of teaching. Our analysis will be carried out with reference to the competences highlighted in a self-evaluation tool, the European Portfolio for Students Teachers of Languages. Conclusions are drawn regarding not only the need to strengthen cooperation between the university and the school teachers to instil a reflective attitude, but also to strengthen the correlation between the tutors’ evaluation and the self-evaluation of thetrainees – not only to develop their autonomy, but also for formative assessment of both the student and the teacher.

scholarly journals Wykorzystanie techniki swobodnych tekstów C. Freineta dla wspomagania rozwoju mowy i myślenia w języku obcym u studentów neofilologii

2020 ◽  
pp. 315-324
Author(s):  
Zdzisław Aleksander
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Personal Experience ◽  
Intellectual Development ◽  
Language Skills ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Free Text ◽  
Verbal Expression ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The One ◽  
The University

In everyday practice, the university has a task of shaping the intellect and developing the mental culture of students. The creative and active character of a person's personality is manifested and shaped in the process of exteriorization and expression. Based on the concept of language and thinking, attention should be paid to the particular importance of verbal expression. The basis here is the hypothesis that thought is realized in a word. As we develop a language, we also increase opportunities for externalization and improvement of thought. The article emphasizes values of verbal expression and its role in the personal experience and assimilation of the world, in shaping creative attitudes. The author recommends linking creative work of neophilology students to the mastery of a foreign language with the formation of their intellect and humanistic attitudes. Such conditions enabling, on the one hand, the improvement and enrichment of language skills and, on the other hand, free expression of one's thoughts are created by learning based on the technique of free text developed by French educator C. Freinet. The article shows how the technique of free text can not only be an auxiliary element, but can become a starting point and crucial issue in the work on the practical mastery of a foreign language and intellectual development of students, as well as how to anchor the improvement of language skills in intelligence, dynamics and expression of future language teachers.

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