scholarly journals Improving Cognitive Flexibility by Means of Associations

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 189-205
Author(s):  
Yuliia Rybinska ◽  
Nataliia Sarnovska ◽  
Maryna Antonivska ◽  
Taisiia Ponochovna-Rysak ◽  
Tetiana Nikolaieva
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Cognitive Flexibility ◽  
Cognitive Functions ◽  
Creative Thinking ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Critical Skills ◽  
National University ◽  
Current Task ◽  
The Brain ◽  
Positive Effect

The work examines the effect of association means on the cognitive flexibility of the brain. Nowadays the cognitive flexibility is one of the critical skills needed to succeed in the workplace. Cognitive flexibility corrects human behaviour in a certain way following the changing environment. It allows a modern person to work effectively to distract from the previous task, reconfigure a new set of answers to complete the current task. The article aims to determine the significance of the means of association for improving cognitive flexibility in foreign languages classes. The study involved 70 students of the Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts and was conducted between October 2020 and December 2020. Learning a foreign language and bilingualism in and of themselves have an impact on the cognitive functions of the brain. In our paper, we consider the means of associations not only as one of the tools for studying foreign languages but as a means of improving cognitive flexibility. According to the study, it can be concluded that, despite the increased interest in the associative method, multiple studies in this area of ​​research demonstrate different and sometimes conflicting results. It is important to note that associative methods have a positive effect on improving cognitive flexibility in combination with creative thinking.

scholarly journals Modern Technologies in Foreign Language Teaching: The Case of L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 39-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akzhan Abdykhalykova
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Foreign Language Teaching ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Theoretical Methods ◽  
National University ◽  
Modern Information ◽  
Modern Technologies

Abstract Research purpose. The teacher of higher education should motivate students to use modern information technology training to study the discipline and develop professional competencies in foreign language teaching. The purpose of this research is to highlight the problem of finding the optimal didactic capabilities of modern information technologies used for improving the system of training specialists in the field of foreign languages teaching and to discuss the results of current studies in this direction. Design/Methodology/Approach. The authors summarized the relevant literature and results of the research and teaching experience. The main theoretical methods of research are modelling and designing the process of incorporating modern information technologies into foreign language teaching at the university. Theoretical methods are supplemented by empirical methods, such as observation, survey, testing, experimental work and methodological analysis. Findings. The article reveals the main components of the system of using modern technologies of foreign languages teaching at Theory and Practice of Foreign Languages Department of L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University. The article presents a description of training and monitoring online programs, their approbation in real conditions of pedagogical activity, the results of a pedagogical experiment, which proves the effectiveness of using modern technologies in the training of foreign and second language students. Originality/Value/Practical implications. The electronic educational materials, recommendations developed by the authors, can be used in the teaching of foreign language and can serve as a basis for the development of information, communication and instrumental provision in other subjects. The need for further research is as follows: to create online platforms, multimedia and testing programs and to develop variants of using modern technologies in foreign language teaching.

Donde fueres haz lo que vieres. aportaciones de la neurociencia al desarrollo de la competencia pragmÁtica. un nuevo horizonte en la enseñanza del ele

2012 ◽  
Vol 164 ◽  
pp. 22-38
Author(s):  
Paula Lorente Fernández ◽  
Ana Bengoetxea Arrese ◽  
Buyse Kris ◽  
Mercedes Pizarro Carmona
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Virtual Worlds ◽  
Communicative Competence ◽  
Current Trend ◽  
Learning By Doing ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Pragmatic Competence ◽  
Language Classroom ◽  
New Type ◽  
The Brain

Abstract The current trend in teaching foreign languages is to conceive the development of pragmatic competence as an essential and inseparable part of communicative competence. Today, progress of Cognitive Neuroscience enables one to consider social behavior in neuroanatomical terms: knowing how the brain integrates complex concepts of pragmatic competence proves highly effective in developing methodologies used in the language classroom to address these issues. The use of games and learning by doing in virtual worlds may be regarded as a very interesting option in order to acquire this competence. In this contribution, we have aimed at combining theoretical principles of Neuroscience and didactics to offer, in the specific case of Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language (TSFL), a relatively new type of teaching material: the Serious Game, as well as to present the results of a first qualitative study of the use of this type of material in the field of language acquisition.

scholarly journals DESIGN THINKING DEVELOPINGMETHODSIN FOREIGN LANGUAGE CLASSES

PRIMO ASPECTU ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 86-92
Author(s):  
Natalia A. FROLOVA ◽  
Irena V. ALESHCHANOVA
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Creative Thinking ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Scientific Activity ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Language Classes

The article considers the issue of design thinking developing methods in foreign language classes. The study materials are presented by educational and methodological courses for teaching foreign languages, methodical developments for professionally oriented teaching, checklists of students’ educational and scientific activity, the final rating of the educational process of the academic groups participating in the experiment. The methods of observation, questioning and interviewing were used. The experimental results were statistically processed. The authors differentiate between the concepts of "design thinking" and "creative thinking" which are often confused. In this case design thinking is viewed as a higher level of thought process. It was found that the most effective basis for developing students' design thinking skills is the OIW (organized independent work), in particular, project activities. The effectiveness of the methodology for the formation and development of students’ design thinking competence core has been proven experimentally in 2018-2020 academic semesters in the process of full-time and remote working modeat at the Foreign Languages and Humanities Department of the Kamyshin Technological Institute (branch) of the Volgograd State Technical University. The conducted study showed that students participation in the experiment significantly influenced their outlook, quality of intellectual modeling, research activities, subject communication both in their native and foreign languages.

scholarly journals The Peculiarities of Teaching Foreign Languages by Means of Information and Communication Technologies

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 102-111
Author(s):  
Anna Shevchuk
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Statistical Methods ◽  
Communicative Competence ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Diagnostic Methods ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Project Work ◽  
National University ◽  
Information And Communication

The paper investigates the peculiarities of teaching foreign languages by means of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). In the course of a comprehensive study the most effective for the development of students’ linguistic and communicative competence, the following types of ICT were singled out and analysed: Internet-based project work, online correspondence by e-mail, chat, blogs, wikis and podcasts and training programs. The aim of the article is to identify the peculiarities of teaching foreign languages by means of ICT The theoretical, empirical and statistical methods have been used to reach the purpose. To check the effectiveness of applying ICT in teaching foreign languages empirical (diagnostic) methods such as testing, observation and discussion were used. The pedagogical experiment with the fourth-year students of Simon Kuznets Kharkiv National University of Economics was conducted. The pedagogical experiment showed the effectiveness of developing foreign language activity by means of ICT. The statistical methods helped to evaluate the results of the research. Using ICT is really helpful to increase students’ language competencies and, respectively, it provides the development of foreign language communicative competence in general. Conclusion: ICT creates a new environment and opportunities for foreign language acquisition; they have become an important educational tool successfully used in foreign language teaching.

scholarly journals Neurodidactics of Languages: Neuromyths in Multilingual Learners

Mathematics ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 196
Author(s):  
Antonia Navarro Rincón ◽  
María José Carrillo López ◽  
César Augusto Solano Galvis ◽  
Laura Isla Navarro
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Brain Functioning ◽  
C Language ◽  
The University ◽  
The Brain

From the perspective of neuroscience applied to education and the teaching of foreign languages, this exploratory study analyzes the beliefs and conceptions about the functioning of the brain and language learning in students enrolled in Education degrees at the Melilla campus of the University of Granada. The sample consisted of 397 participants. The data collection was carried out by means of a questionnaire designed for this purpose, consisting of questions related to the context and linguistic background of the respondents and to educational neuromyths regarding language learning. The data were analyzed using the SPSS version 27 statistical software, and univariate and bivariate analyses were carried out according to the three grouping dimensions: (a) brain functioning, (b) multiple intelligences and learning styles, and (c) language learning. The results indicate the prevalence of neuromyths related to general concepts, which determine the learning comprehension. This corroborates the findings of research studies in other contexts. Although the participants do not show a prevalence of neuromyths regarding foreign language learning, presumably due to their experiences in multilingual contexts, which constitutes the main contribution of this study.

scholarly journals Understanding Natural Approach for Teaching Productive Skills

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 232-239
Author(s):  
Arjulayana Arjulayana ◽  
Zainal Rafli ◽  
Siti Ansoriyah
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Creative Thinking ◽  
Brain Anatomy ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Natural Approach ◽  
Teaching Language ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
The Brain ◽  
Descriptive Method

This study is appointed to report the English teacher’s understanding of teaching productive skills through Neuro-Linguistics Programming. Neuro-Linguistics Programming as one of the approach in teaching English as a foreign language, with focusing on the brain anatomy, and it can stimulate student’s creative thinking, language uses, and motivation. Productive skills are need to be fostered by the students in learning English as a foreign language, because writing, and speaking are the most essential language skills. This research is uses qualitative descriptive method, with triangulation model in doing validity and reliability data. There are some steps applied in this research; Planning, observation, interviews, giving questionnaire, and the last is data analysis. The researcher focuses on the English lecturers who have taught English more than 2 years as subjects of the research. 7 questions in close - ended answer (yes/no answer) are given and 5 questions in short answer interview are implemented to gain the data regarding to lecturer’s understanding in NLP concept for teaching productive skills. 23 English Lecturers both male and female are to be the subjects of the research. From the data analysis, the result shows that almost of English lecturers know the NLP approach in teaching language, and they always give brain storming as a part of NLP concepts.

"THE MANUAL IS VERY MUCH LIKE ANY OTHER BOOK…": FROM SKILLS AND HABITS TO CRITICAL AND CREATIVE THINKING

2020 ◽  
pp. 31-40
Author(s):  
Irina B. Antonova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Creative Thinking ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Instructional Materials ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Educational Goals ◽  
Conceptual System ◽  
The Past ◽  
Language Textbooks

Modern educational process is getting more and more interactive which presupposes the employment of brand new textbooks and the most difficult to be written are manuals for studying foreign languages. Over the past decades interest in learning languages in Russia might be justified by globalization (the consequence of which is the phenomenon of interactivity) that results in developing new demands to foreign language textbooks among which the primary ones are to be communicative, situational, problemsolving, and (relatively) easy to obtain the form and content of a foreign language. More complex demands to a manual in general and to a foreign language textbook in particular consider it to be the product of conceptual system, the method of achieving educational goals, and the control lever of managing the learning process. Meanwhile, as the monitoring of the modern instructional materials demonstrates there is an obvious deficit of foreign language textbooks and manuals that could completely satisfy the demands declared and – which is even more important – could stimulate the development of the meaningful attitude to the study of a foreign language. This gives us reason to consider the topic chosen for the paper to be an issue of concern and urgency. Without criticizing or questioning the authoritative opinions over the quality of the current foreign language textbooks the author makes an attempt to define the essence of a textbook, to revise the demands to it and to describe the potential challenges of its writing.

scholarly journals EFL University Students Challenges in the Process of Online Learning of Foreign Languages in Ukraine

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zaytseva Iryna Volodymyrivna ◽  
Vysotchenko Svitlana Vasylivna ◽  
Liahina Iryna Anatoliivna ◽  
Malynovska Iryna Anatoliivna
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
English Language ◽  
Classroom Interaction ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Efl Teachers ◽  
National University ◽  
Efl Students

The sudden shift of English language teaching from face-to-face classroom interaction to online learning has resulted in many challenges for EFL students in Ukraine. The aim of the study is to analyze the challenges EFL students at Ukrainian higher educational institutions face under the Covid-19 pandemic and quarantine measures. Mastering a foreign language requires the development of foreign language skills, motivation, self-esteem, emotional stability, and psychological involvement of students in the learning process. There was the survey for English language learners at Ukrainian Universities: Kyiv National University of Trade and Economics Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University, Kyiv National Linguistic University, Taras Shevchenko Chernihiv National University “Chernihiv Collegium.” The study analyzes the responses of 357 students. The researchers surveyed in 2020. The results of the study show that students have psychological challenges in the process of learning foreign languages. They are caused by low self-esteem, demotivation, frustration, fear of failure, the impact of quarantine measures and conditions: lack of face-to-face interaction, pandemic-related stress, anxiety, depression, etc. The author uses the methods of theoretical analysis, synthesis, comparison, classification, and systematization of theoretical and experimental data. The results of this study provide recommendations for EFL teachers to enhance the efficiency of online teaching and learning activities. The study presents some recommendations for EFL teachers to guide their students through online learning.

scholarly journals Conversation Analysis of Code-Switched Repair Sequences in the Educational Context

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Damira Akynova ◽  
Atirkul Agmanova ◽  
Sholpan Kakzhanova ◽  
Aliya Aimoldina Aimoldina ◽  
Aliya Assanova
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Educational Policy ◽  
Conversation Analysis ◽  
Code Switching ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
First Year ◽  
Educational Context ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
National University ◽  
The Republic

The paper considers Anglo-Kazakh code-switching in the repair sequences among first-year students majoring in “Foreign language: two foreign languages”. The study was conducted at Gumilyov Eurasian National University in Astana, Kazakhstan. Some specific characteristics of educational policy of the Republic of Kazakhstan are analysed. The results show that code-switching in repair sequences is used as: a) self-initiated self-repair; b) self-initiated other-repair; and c) candidate understanding. Repair initiation when code-switching happens to understand, to confirm and to clarify statements. Due to the specific linguistic situation of Kazakhstan, code-switching in the FL classroom may occur from English to Kazakh, or from English to Russian, depending on dominance of the language in the linguistic repertoire of the speaker. Keywords: Conversation analysis; Code-switching; Repair 

scholarly journals The relationship of cognitive functions in the development of creative thinking The relationship between cognitive functions in the development of creative thinking

2020 ◽  
Vol 133 (4) ◽  
pp. 123-130
Author(s):  
M.K. Suyundikova ◽  
◽  
E. Zhumatayeva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Functions ◽  
Cognitive Abilities ◽  
Creative Thinking ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Creative Personality ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Attention Memory ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Brain

In the article, the need for the development of cognitive abilities is discussed in accordance with modern needs in order to form creative personality. The authors consider such cognitive functions as perception, sensation, attention, memory, imagination, speech, which play an important role in the formation of creative thinking. Today, a decrease in cognitive functions in humans is a barrier to the development of creative thinking. The purpose of this article is to analyze the causes of cognitive decline, to order recommendations for addressing these causes and the development of cognitive abilities. The relationship between thinking and cognitive functions has been explained, reflecting the activity of the brain as a unified holistic structure. The sides of cognitive functions such as implicitness, relevance, selectivity and dependency have been highlighted. The idea of teaching pupils and students in educational institutions not only to the subject, but to the ability to listen, remember, concentrate and solve problems is put forward.

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