scholarly journals CZEGO PRAGNĄ PRZYSZLI FILOLODZY... WYNIKI BADANIA PILOTAŻOWEGO NA TEMAT ŚWIADOMOŚCI WYBORU I OCZEKIWAŃ STUDENTÓW FILOLOGII

Neofilolog ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 195-207
Author(s):  
Maciej Smuk
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Social Representation ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Career Plans ◽  
Dominant Motivation ◽  
Language Studies

The main of this article is to present the results of a pilot study carried out among 476 students of selected foreign languages at Warsaw University. The research covered the following  issues: (1) students’ interest in various courses included in philology studies (literature, linguistics, foreign language didactics, etc.); (2) the dominant motivation for undertaking philological studies and (3) students’ initial career plans. The research is diagnostic and descriptive and it will be continued at over a dozen Polish universities. The main goal of this project is to build  a social representation of foreign language studies in Poland today. The Polish Association of Modern Languages (PTN) is a patron of the study.

scholarly journals WYMOGI WSPÓŁCZESNEGO RYNKU PRACY W ODNIESIENIU DO KOMPETENCJI ABSOLWENTÓW KIERUNKÓW HUMANISTYCZNYCH

Neofilolog ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 43-57
Author(s):  
Magdalena Dańko ◽  
Ewa Wieszczeczyńska
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
General Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Language Knowledge ◽  
Specialized Language ◽  
Personal Competencies ◽  
Lower Silesia

This paper presents the results of a pilot study conducted in 60 selected companies located in Wrocław and Lower Silesia. The main objective of the study was to get information about prospective employers’ expectations of graduates of humanities with foreign language knowledge and skills, should those companies decide to employ them. It was found that according to employers social and personal competencies are as important as skills in using specialized language and new technologies. Preferred are graduates who are fluent in two foreign languages (English and German) and who have extensive general knowledge.

scholarly journals The Influence of Attitude on Autonomous Foreign Language Studies

2011 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 108-114
Author(s):  
Alvyda Liuolienė ◽  
Regina Metiūnienė
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Positive Attitude ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Psychological Mechanisms ◽  
Language Studies ◽  
The Individual

The article presents the results of some researches on formation of positive attitude as the basis for the individual enriching of the language. The pedagogical process should cover 5 levels in order to assure the regulation of attitudes formation: 1) cognitive; 2) affecting; 3) connotative; 4) regulating; 5) ascertaining. The results of the experiment are presented in a table what gives the possibility to evaluate the present-day attitudes towards the studies of foreign languages and pedagogical-psychological mechanisms of their formation. Students present the positive attitude towards foreign language studies. They would like to expand their vocabulary and mark that more than 40 % of studies should be devoted to lexis. Having conducted an experiment, it could be stated that 40 % of respondents from the experiment group developed a more positive attitude towards learning a foreign language and defined that they feel pleasure in learning it while at the beginning of the experiment only 8 % of students defined this variable.

scholarly journals Language and Culture Interconnectedness

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 117-126
Author(s):  
Tomasz Zygmunt ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Communicative Competence ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Present Discussion ◽  
Language And Culture ◽  
Main Stress ◽  
Language Studies ◽  
Linguistic Determinism

Numerous criticism directed at the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis called forth the viewing of the hypothesis through the prism of language and culture interconnection and check to what extent the linguistic determinism is an applicable and useful tool in foreign language studies. For this reason, the present paper carries out a discussion to construct a somewhat modified version of the linguistic determinism idea by adding to the language–culture unit a third element such as expressiveness. To make the proposed here version of linguistic determinism comprehensible, it has been decided to describe and explain the notions of language, culture, and expressiveness to make them clear and digestible for the purpose of the present discussion. In the course of the discussion, strengthened by quotations from the literature, the main stress is put on the language-culture interconnectedness viewed as the key element determining successful language studies, especially in the foreign languages domain. Finally, the attention is directed at the role of creativity and expressiveness as factors responsible for the level of the language user’s competence, which, in turn, is viewed as creative communicative competence.

scholarly journals Individual Multilingualism of Students and Their Commitment to Learning German: A Pilot Study of the Faculty of Philology at Vilnius University

Verbum ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 3
Author(s):  
Diana Babušytė ◽  
Justina Daunorienė
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Metalinguistic Awareness ◽  
Metacognitive Skills ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Vilnius University

The importance of promoting individual multilingualism is repeatedly emphasised worldwide in didactic, sociolinguistic and psycholinguistic studies. The prior knowledge of the learners and the networking of languages is pointed out in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. For this reason, the principles and methods of multilingual didactics play an important role in foreign language teaching due to their positive effects. Therefore, the question is increasingly being addressed how individual differences and progress of the learners regarding their linguistic backgrounds can be taken into account in language teaching.This article examines the question of whether and how Lithuanian university students see their multilingual repertoire as a resource for learning German. For this purpose, a survey was carried out among the Philology students of Vilnius University who study German as an optional course. The aim of this pilot study was to find out whether the students' previous knowledge of other languages helps them to learn German, or whether they see the influences of their mother tongue and other foreign languages as an obstacle that affects them negatively. The data obtained from the questionnaire presents the students' attitudes towards multilingualism, their multilingual skills and language awareness, as well as their language-related experience in acquiring German as a foreign language. The respondents' answers were processed using the method of the qualitative content analysis with a deductive-inductive approach. The results of the survey show that the majority of the students encountered the methods of multilingual didactics and see the multilingual competence as an important advantage for learning other foreign languages. Despite the language interference, the benefits of language skills outweigh the learning process. The students give examples based on their experience of how they use other languages for learning German and show well-developed metalinguistic awareness (e.g. language comparisons) and metacognitive skills (e.g. learning strategies).It is planned to continue this study by interviewing students from other faculties of Vilnius University (Medicine, Law, etc.) comparing their multilingual skills and metalinguistic awareness with the Philology students.

scholarly journals Foreign Languages and Internationalisation at a University of Education in Germany

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Dines
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
The State ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
The Past ◽  
Language Studies ◽  
The Government ◽  
The University ◽  
And Training ◽  
Insight Into

As my title suggests, the aim of this article is to give interested readers an insight into the ways in which advanced foreign language studies are taught at Ludwigsburg University of Education (LUE), Baden-Württemberg, Germany and how this links up with the policy of internationalisation which has been developed by the university over the past 15 years or so. It is my hope that our attempts to address the challenges of teacher education and training maybe of some use to readers of this journal and possibly lead to a discussion of the issues at hand with interested parties – a discussion to which we at Ludwigsburg are more than willing to engage in, especially in view of the changes to the system of teacher education currently being prepared by the government of the state of Baden-Württemberg

scholarly journals Individual Multilingualism of Students and Their Commitment to Learning German: A Pilot Study of the Faculty of Philology at Vilnius University

Verbum ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 3
Author(s):  
Diana Babušytė ◽  
Justina Daunorienė
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Metalinguistic Awareness ◽  
Metacognitive Skills ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Vilnius University

The importance of promoting individual multilingualism is repeatedly emphasised worldwide in didactic, sociolinguistic and psycholinguistic studies. The prior knowledge of the learners and the networking of languages is pointed out in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. For this reason, the principles and methods of multilingual didactics play an important role in foreign language teaching due to their positive effects. Therefore, the question is increasingly being addressed how individual differences and progress of the learners regarding their linguistic backgrounds can be taken into account in language teaching.This article examines the question of whether and how Lithuanian university students see their multilingual repertoire as a resource for learning German. For this purpose, a survey was carried out among the Philology students of Vilnius University who study German as an optional course. The aim of this pilot study was to find out whether the students' previous knowledge of other languages helps them to learn German, or whether they see the influences of their mother tongue and other foreign languages as an obstacle that affects them negatively. The data obtained from the questionnaire presents the students' attitudes towards multilingualism, their multilingual skills and language awareness, as well as their language-related experience in acquiring German as a foreign language. The respondents' answers were processed using the method of the qualitative content analysis with a deductive-inductive approach. The results of the survey show that the majority of the students encountered the methods of multilingual didactics and see the multilingual competence as an important advantage for learning other foreign languages. Despite the language interference, the benefits of language skills outweigh the learning process. The students give examples based on their experience of how they use other languages for learning German and show well-developed metalinguistic awareness (e.g. language comparisons) and metacognitive skills (e.g. learning strategies).It is planned to continue this study by interviewing students from other faculties of Vilnius University (Medicine, Law, etc.) comparing their multilingual skills and metalinguistic awareness with the Philology students.

scholarly journals Representações do aprender línguas em narrativas visuais: o que mostram as imagens de sites de escolas de inglês

2020 ◽  
Vol 73 (1) ◽  
pp. 129-152
Author(s):  
Renato Caixeta Da Silva
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Social Representation ◽  
Corpus Analysis ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Visual Narratives ◽  
Specialized Schools ◽  
Language Studies ◽  
Semiotic Approach ◽  
Ideal Language ◽  
The Ideal

This article is about the discourse on learning languages construed and transmitted by images in websites of private schools specialized in foreign languages teaching, evidencing the representations construed by these establishments to society. The argument favors the consideration of images in language studies, and the theoretical basis adopted includes the socio-semiotic approach to language, the Grammar of Visual Design, and the concept of social representation. The corpus analysis evidences the representation of the learning in optimal conditions of comfort, homogeneity, with the presence of resources and diverse instruments, in which the student is an agent of processes related to linguistic reception. It is concluded that these visual narratives contribute to the idea widely spread in society that the ideal language learning  happens in private specialized schools and is reserved for few people.

scholarly journals STUDENTS’ NATIVE LANGUAGE AS A MEANS OF DEVELOPING LINGUISTIC COMPETENCE IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 77-88
Author(s):  
N. V. Serpikova ◽  
M. B. Serpikova
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Native Language ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Linguistic Competence ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Comparative Approach ◽  
Poor Knowledge ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
Language Studies

Our experience of working with students of a transport (technical) university shows that many of them have serious problems in learning foreign languages. Students will not be able to realize their potential in future professional activities, involving foreign-language partners, since poor knowledge of a foreign language prevents them from establishing business contacts. The object of our research was linguistic competence as the basis for developing a communicative competence. Having analysed the existing linguistic and methodological literature, the educational process including learning English and French as a FL2 and the reasons for the students’ poor knowledge of foreign languages, we came to the conclusion that the problem does not lie solely with the small number of school hours or poor knowledge obtained at school. The lack of linguistic competence results from the insufficient knowledge acquired from native language studies, it is one of the main reasons for the poor proficiency of students in foreign languages. Students are not familiar with linguistic terminology in their native language, and this fact greatly complicates explanation of the grammar of the studied foreign language. The purpose of this paper is to focus the attention of university teachers on the need to work with students to master Russian and foreign language terminology in the framework of a comparative approach, which is one of the main methods of teaching a foreign language, as it expands the general language awareness and develops the “linguistic flair”of students.

scholarly journals ХОРИЖИЙ ТИЛЛАРНИ ЎҚИТИШДА БАДИИЙ АДАБИЁТДАН ФОЙДАЛАНИШ – РЕПРОДУКТИВ КОМПЕТЕНЦИЯНИ ШАКЛЛАНТИРИШ ОМИЛИ СИФАТИДА

2019 ◽  
pp. 92-98
Author(s):  
Zayniddin Sanakulov
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Language Studies

Мақолада хорижий тилларни ўрганишда бадиий адабиётдан фойдаланишнинг аҳамияти, унга ижодий (репродуктив) компетенцияни шакллантириш омили сифатида қараш масаласи доирасида фикр юритилган. Шунингдек, чет тили машғулотларида бадиий адабиётдан фойдаланишнинг афзал томонлари ва камчиликлари тўғрисидаги асос ва далиллар немис педагог назариётчиларининг қарашлари билан таққослаб ўрганилган. В статье рассматриваются актуальные вопросы преподавания иностранных языков, в которых идею использования художественной литературы на иностранных языках можно рассматривать как фактор формирования творческой (репродуктивной) компетенции. Основы преимуществ и недостатков использования художественной литературы в изучении иностранных языков были сопоставлены со взглядами опытных немецких педагогов. This article is devoted to the actual issues of teaching foreign languages, in which ideas on the use of fiction in foreign languages can be viewed as a factor in the formation of creative (reproductive) competence. In addition, the basics of the advantages and disadvantages of using fictional literature in foreign language studies have been compared with the views of mature German pedagogues.

ORGANIZATION OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES DISTANCE LEARNING COURSE AT HIGH SCHOOL

2021 ◽  
pp. 118-123
Author(s):  
Denysenko I.I. ◽  
Tarasiuk A.M.
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Foreign Language Teaching ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Technological Basis ◽  
Independent Work

The article is devoted to one of the advanced formats of foreign language teaching at high school, which effectively complements extramural and full-time forms of education – distance learning. The author emphasizes that the quality and effectiveness of foreign languages distance learning athigher educational establishments depends on effectively organized course; the pedagogical skills of teachers, participating in the educational process; the quality of applied methodical content.The main principles of foreign languages distance learning in higher education has been covered, the means of improving the quality and effectiveness of this educational format has been proposed, the key conceptual regulations of foreign languages distance learning has been determined. The article proposes a model for organizing foreign languages distance learning course for future specialists, describes a system to control and monitor the knowledge of all types of speech activities. It is also noted that independent work in the foreign languages distance course at high school should not be passive, but on the contrary, the student should be involved in active cognitive activities, not limited to acquiring foreign language skills, but necessarily includes their practical application; to solve certain communicative tasks in the future professional activity.The article concludes that in the process of organizing the foreign language distance learning course at high school, it is necessary to take into account not only the didactic characteristics and functions of multimedia and telecommunications as a technological basis, but also the conceptual trends of didactic distance learning as a component of modern education. In addition, it is necessary to take into account the specific nature of foreign language teaching in general.Key words: higher educational establishment, distance learning, multimedia means, independent work, information and communicative technologies, Internet, interactive engagement.

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