scholarly journals Directions for Using Historical and Pedagogical Experience to Improve Language Learning in a Post-Pandemic Society

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 316-327
Author(s):  
Nataliya Mukan ◽  
Marianna Havryliuk ◽  
Mariana Levko ◽  
Nadiia Kobryn ◽  
Mariia Zapotichna
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Lecture Material ◽  
New Information ◽  
International Environment ◽  
High Level

In the present times of globalization, the issues of a high level of proficiency in foreign languages are especially relevant in the context of the significant need for specialists capable of working in an international environment. Foreign language proficiency is a significant condition for establishing and maintaining international business contacts, intensifying professional interaction with foreign colleagues. According to the Bologna Convention, knowledge of foreign languages is an important component of today's mobility of students, teachers and scientists in the context of access to education, innovative research and teaching opportunities in the postmodern European space. All these factors justify the economic value of a knowledge of foreign languages and become one of the key components of the professional competence of future specialists in the postmodern space. Competitiveness of specialists is directly dependent on on the ability to process professional foreign literature, as well as on the usefulness of the ability to listen to lecture material and reports in a foreign language during conferences, round tables and seminars; from the ability to take part in an idiosyncratic conversation on professional and business topics; as well as the ability to search for new information on the Internet or in theoretical scientific sources of the world level; from the ability to prepare and conduct a presentation on a selected topic in postmodern society.

scholarly journals PROMISING AREAS OF USING HISTORICAL AND PEDAGOGICAL EXPERIENCE TO IMPROVE THE LINGUISTIC PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 130-144
Author(s):  
Nataliya Mukan ◽  
Marianna Havryliuk ◽  
Mariana Levko ◽  
Nadiia Kobryn ◽  
Mariia Zapotichna
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Access To Education ◽  
World Knowledge ◽  
Lecture Material ◽  
Language Communication ◽  
Globalized World

In a modern globalized world, knowledge of a foreign language is important, determines the relevance of high-quality training of specialists in foreign language communication. Foreign language proficiency is a significant condition for establishing and maintaining international business contacts, intensifying professional interaction with foreign colleagues. The Bologna Convention also proclaims knowledge of foreign languages as a necessary basis for the mobility of students, teachers and scientists for access to education, research, teaching and training in the European Region. All these factors justify the economic value of knowledge of foreign languages and become an indispensable component of the professional training of future specialists. Competitiveness of specialists depends on the ability to read and translate professional foreign literature, on the formation of skills to listen to lecture material and reports in a foreign language during conferences, round tables and seminars; from the ability to participate in an idiosyncratic conversation on professional and business topics; from the ability to find the necessary information on the Internet or in any other foreign sources; from the ability to prepare and conduct a presentation on a selected topic.

scholarly journals Creating Motivational Language Learning Experiences during the “Critical Period”

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 26
Author(s):  
Junqing Jia
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Critical Period ◽  
Domain Knowledge ◽  
Advanced Level ◽  
Domain Specific ◽  
Language Learning Motivation ◽  
Domain Expertise ◽  
High Level

Few studies have touched upon language learning motivation of advanced-level learners of Chinese, even fewer have proposed a pedagogical framework to understand and create motivational pathways. This paper aims to fill the gap by addressing a critical period of foreign language training where students are transforming from learning the foreign language to learning domain knowledge in the foreign language. Having drawn upon Confucian concepts and contextualized curricular examples, this paper proposes a framework suggesting that learners at this stage experience a less discussed psychological complexity due to their high level of language proficiency and lack of multilingual domain capacities. They are also gradually transforming into autonomous language users who expand their social milieu through demonstrating domain expertise. As such, the pedagogical implications place an emphasis on helping advanced-level Chinese learners to establish domain-specific vision and linguistic capability so that they can perform in multicultural contexts. In particular, motivational pathways during this stage should be constructed to encourage learners to constantly reflect on their recent past self and establish visions of the future one.

scholarly journals The role of education informatization in improving the efficiency of the educational process

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iryna Skril ◽  
Nataliia Vasylyshyna ◽  
Tetiana Skyrda ◽  
Olena Moroz ◽  
Tatiana Voropayeva
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Information Exchange ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Professional Communication ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Foreign Language Proficiency ◽  
The Future ◽  
High Level

The integration of Ukraine into the world community has caused a significant increase in interest in learning foreign languages as a means of information exchange. The modern conditions of development, expansion and deepening of international contacts require a high level of foreign language proficiency from a future specialist, especially in a foreign language of professional direction. High demands to the quality of education provision for the informatization of society. The high level of proficiency in a foreign language of a professional direction allows the future specialist to compete adequately not only in the domestic labor market but also abroad. It is promoted by the informatization of the educational process. It determined the relevance of the research problem. The study aims to establish the effectiveness of informatization of the foreign languages learning process of professional communication; to bring the feasibility of using social networks, cloud messengers, educational platforms in preparing future specialists for professional communication in a foreign language environment. The research methodology uses several methods. The main method in the study is the method of pedagogical experiment, also used the method of questioning, observation, to consider the theoretical material uses descriptive method, as well as methods of synthesis and analysis. The main hypothesis of the study is that the application of the educational potential of social networks, platforms, messengers, quizzes is an effective method of training a specialist with a high level of foreign language proficiency in the professional sphere. The result of the study is to determine the effectiveness of the use of the informatization process at the level of involvement of social networks, messengers to form a high level of foreign language proficiency as per profession. In the future, it is envisaged to study the application of informatization of the educational space during the teaching of a foreign language of professional communication.

scholarly journals The usage of foreign language integrative potential for prospective agronomists’ professional competence development in the realities of globalization

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 300-303
Author(s):  
Elena Leonidovna Perkova ◽  
Svetlana Vyacheslavovna Nikitina
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
Competence Development ◽  
Agricultural Products ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Local Theory ◽  
Professional Literature ◽  
Advanced Experience ◽  
New Information

The paper is devoted to the problem of professional competence development of students majoring in Agronomy during the process of learning a foreign language. The authors indicate that the use of the integrative potential of a foreign language in modern realities is a source of professional knowledge, advanced experience and emphasize that the knowledge of a foreign language enables prospective agronomists to navigate in professional literature, on the market of agricultural products, as well as in the latest technologies, which results in their competitiveness in the agricultural sphere. Thus, learning a foreign language gives an agronomist an opportunity to improve professional competence and skills, to gain experience abroad, learn a lot of new information. In this regard, there is a necessity to update the content and structure, develop new approaches to organize the process of foreign language teaching to prospective agronomists. The paper notes the importance of Foreign Language course potential as an integrative factor influencing prospective agronomists professional competence development, and provides specific examples of its use. The paper analyzes the notions competence and prospective agronomists professional competence based on the views of domestic and foreign scientists. The authors underline the expediency of the competence approach use for professional competence development, which has recently transformed from a local theory into a social phenomenon that claims to be the conceptual basis of educational development. The provisions of the paper are based on the advanced research in the field of professional training and teaching foreign languages.

Pedagogical stylistics in multiple foreign language and second language contexts: A synthesis of empirical research

2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary G Fogal
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Empirical Support ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Literary Texts ◽  
Language Awareness ◽  
L2 Acquisition ◽  
Foreign Language Proficiency

This article examines the efficacy of pedagogical stylistics as a learning tool for developing second or foreign language proficiency. Pedagogical stylistics – an instrument for investigating the linguistic, sociocultural and dialogic features inherent in literary and non-literary texts – has often been criticized for relying too heavily on intuition rather than empirical support to substantiate its employment in language learning classrooms. To better understand this criticism a coding framework adapted from previous research was employed to synthesize 13 studies across four, second or foreign languages in nine countries. Three themes emerged from this synthesis: (1) stylistics as a tool for improving L2 performance; (2) stylistics’ contribution to building language awareness; (3) stylistics as a tool for building academic skills beyond L2 acquisition. This work explores these themes and discusses the research practices informing the claims made therein, highlighting a consistent underreporting or under collecting of data as a recurring problem in the literature. This shortcoming precludes a meta-analysis of the literature, and this article argues that this shortcoming contributes to a justifiably weak representation of stylistics in second or foreign language contexts. To rectify this issue suggestions are made for more thorough reporting of data and a more robust research agenda in second or foreign language-based, stylistic contexts.

scholarly journals Persepsi Mahasiswa Terhadap Proses Pembelajaran Kemahiran Bahasa

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 297
Author(s):  
Faisal Hendra
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Evaluation Process ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Teaching Methodologies ◽  
Teaching Aids ◽  
Five Elements

<p><em>Abstrak</em><strong> - Keberhasilan penerapan kurikulum pembelajaran bahasa asing diperguruan tinggi harus didukung dengan kemampuan profesional pendidik dan lembaga pendidikan mengawal pelaksanaan lima unsur yang ada dalam kurikulum. Kelima unsur ini adalah: tujuan yang ingin dicapai dalam pengajaran bahasa asing, bahan ajar yang digunakan, metodelogi penganjaran yang dipakai oleh dosen, alat bantu pengajaran yang mendukung proses pembelajaran bahasa dan yang terakhir proses evaluasi yang digunakan dosen dalam menentukan sejauhmana keberhasilan pembelajaran bahasa asing yang dipelajari. Keseimbangan lima unsur dalam pembelajaran bahasa asing di Fakultas Sastra, Universitas Al Azhar Indonesia menjadi satu keharusan untuk diterapkan. Dari hasil penelitian ini didapatkan data bahwa lima unsur kurikulum dalam pengajaran bahasa asing di Fakultas Sastra sudah dilaksanakan dengan baik walaupun dibeberapa sisi masih perlu untuk ditingkatkan lagi. Untuk mengembangkan kurikulum dan meningkatkan proses pembelajaran kemahiran berbahasa asing di Fakultas Sastra, Universitas Al Azhar Indonesia kedepannya, maka penelitian ini dilakukan.</strong></p><p><em><strong>Kata kunci:</strong> persepsi, mahasiswa, proses pembelajarn, kemahiran berbahasa</em></p><p><em>Abstract</em><strong> - The success of the curriculum of foreign language implementation at a University level should be supported by the educator’s professional skills and educational institutions itself that supports the implementation of the five elements in the curriculum. These five elements are: the goal in teaching foreign languages, the teaching materials, the teaching methodologies used by lecturers, the teaching aids that support the process of language learning and finally, the evaluation process used by lecturers in determining how far the success of the foreign language learning studied has achieved. The balance of these five elements in foreign language learning at the Faculty of Letters, Al Azhar University of Indonesia becomes a must to apply. From the results, this study obtained data that the five elements of the curriculum in the teaching of foreign languages in the Faculty of Letters has been implemented well, although some areas still need a lot of improvement. To develop the curriculum and improve the process of learning foreign language proficiency in the Faculty of Letters, Al Azhar University of Indonesia in the future, this research is conducted.</strong></p><p><em><strong>Keywords</strong>: perception, student, learning process, language proficiency</em></p>

scholarly journals Foreign Language Learning at a Technical University in the Modern Period

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 139
Author(s):  
Margarita Ivkina ◽  
Lyudmila Merkulova ◽  
Olga Martynova
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Learning System ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Self Development ◽  
Foreign Language Proficiency ◽  
Technical University

Abstract Introduction. The article is devoted to the problems of the foreign language learning at a technical university. The theoretical importance of the research is in the analysis of the existing language learning system at a technical university in light of a modern engineer’s professional activity model’s change. Grounding of certain corrections in the language learning system also provides the theoretical importance of the research. The practical importance of our research is in the modification of the existing language learning system based on the environmental and activity approaches. Materials and Methods. While carrying out the research we used a complex of methods; that is: literature analysis, empiric and praxymetric methods, and a modeling method. Results. 4 main types of an engineer’s professional activity are defined in the engineer’s activity model. These types correspond to the main activity types by M.S. Kagan’s concept – value-motivating, cognitive, reorganizing and communicative activities. An engineer’s activity results analysis led to discovering new features in the engineer’s personality structure lying in the communicative competence role increase. It was also found out that successfulness becomes a link between value-motivating and communicative activities. Consequently, we have made a conclusion on the increasing demands to the students’, masters’, post-graduates’ and academic researches’ language proficiency. Foreign language proficiency should provide for the ability to participate in the international conferences, to attend foreign professors’ lectures, and to take part in the students’ exchange programs. All of the above presupposes rather high foreign language proficiency and requires a foreign language learning system creation. The authors analyzed language learning courses at a technical university and carried out a post-graduates’ survey. As a result, lack of syllabuses being able to fill in the gaps in language proficiency and to support speech skills was found out. Basing on the conclusions mentioned above an extra multi-purpose and multi-level structure syllabus was worked out. This syllabus allowed to solve the existing programs, to increase foreign language learning and general learning motivation, to create conditions for self-development and self-realization in the professional activity. The article also describes in detail a foreign language learning system developed by the Department of Foreign Languages and Russian as a Second Language in the general learning environment of a technical university, which acquires for the modernization and reaching the education level corresponding to the leading universities’ level. Conclusion. The learning environment created by the Department of Foreign Languages and Russian as a Second Language of Samara National Research University named after academician S.P. Korolyov and including a compulsory language learning system and a system of extra language learning courses provides for the students’ individual needs in foreign language proficiency satisfaction at various levels. It also provides for their intellectual and moral self-development.

scholarly journals Methodological Approaches to University Instructors Professional Foreign Languages Competence Development

2018 ◽  
pp. 375-381
Keyword(s):  
Adult Learners ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Teaching Approaches ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
International Environment ◽  
University Instructors ◽  
Methodological Approaches

Development of foreign language professional competence of university instructors requires use of approaches different from those traditionally applied when teaching younger students. Research was conducted to determine the combination of approaches that will be suitable to train university instructors. In the course of the research, teaching approaches used in various countries were compared in terms of their efficiency when applied to adult audience. Moreover, such factors as teaching educators, the roles of a trainer and a learner, increasingly international environment and the learning environment were considered. Finally, implications of using teaching approaches when training educators were analyzed and the ones with the highers potential to produce the desired outcomes were selected. As a result the authors suggest that androgogical, competence-based, environmental, dialogic and student-centered approaches should be used to maximize learning outcomes in adult learners.

scholarly journals Crossing the bridge to literacy in foreign languages: C-test as a measure of language development

Multilingua ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ingrid Gogolin ◽  
Birger Schnoor ◽  
Irina Usanova
Keyword(s):  
Language Development ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Language Skills ◽  
Panel Study ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
School Students

Abstract Throughout an educational career, literacy skills become more elaborated. However, little is known about the development of reading and writing skills in foreign languages in adolescents. In this contribution, we focused on the development of language skills in the foreign languages English and French in Germany as measured by a C-Test. Hereby, we aimed to explore the potential of C-tests to provide a differentiated approach to the assessment of foreign language development in secondary school students. We draw on the data from the German panel study “Multilingual Development: a Longitudinal Perspective” (MEZ) on students’ language skills in the foreign languages English (n = 1987) and French (n = 662). We investigated the differences in the means of “classical” and “word recognition” scores in English and French C-tests and the development of these differences. The application of both scores in our study provided differentiated information on students’ receptive and productive aspects of literacy in adolescents and showed that students in secondary school are still on their way of developing spelling skills in both foreign languages. Furthermore, our results reveal that the receptive and productive components of language proficiency show different developmental patterns at various stages of foreign language learning.

scholarly journals PЕАЛІЗАЦІЯ ІНДИВІДУАЛЬНОГО ПІДХОДУ В ПРОЦЕСІ САМОСТІЙНОЇ РОБОТИ СТУДЕНТІВ НЕМОВНИХ ЗАКЛАДІВ ВИЩОЇ ОСВІТИ

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 297-304
Author(s):  
L. TERNAVSKA ◽  
◽  
R. KELEMBET ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Practical Knowledge ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Independent Work ◽  
Practice Of Teaching

The article is deals with the search for effective ways to organize independent work of students of non-language educational institutions. The author notes that the modernization of national education requires consideration of integration processes in European and world education. In this regard, it is necessary to ensure a modern attitude to educational standards, change the content of education, make adjustments to the direction of the educational process, approve a personality-oriented pedagogical system, introduce innovative teaching methods. The main purpose of teaching foreign languages in higher non-language institutions is to prepare specialists for practical knowledge of a foreign professionally oriented language. Mastering a foreign language is considered as the acquisition by students of communicative competence for practical use of a foreign language, namely: work with relevant foreign literature on the specialty, participate in conversation and international conferences, write articles in a foreign language, correspond with foreign partners. The main goals of students' individualization of foreign language learning include the following: filling gaps in the level of foreign language proficiency and timely elimination of the gap; development of intellectual outlook, mental qualities of the personality of students who play a leading role in mastering foreign language speech; formation of an individual style of mastering a foreign language; creating a positive emotional background of the educational process. In the context of an individually oriented approach to teaching foreign languages in the theory and practice of teaching, the concepts of autonomous learning stand out. Studies of the theory and practice of teaching a foreign language to students show that the introduction into the educational process of three main types of different types of independent work (copying, reproducing and creative) is quite appropriate. Key words: foreign language, independent work, individual approach, globalization.

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