scholarly journals Innovative Trends in the System of Language Education in the XXIst Century

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 73-83
Author(s):  
T. A. Dmitrenko
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Language Training ◽  
Foreign Language Teachers

The article analyzes the problem associated with the quality improvement of professional training of foreign language teachers in the conditions of digitalization of Language Education. To achieve this goal, it is necessary to train competitive specialists in the field of intercultural contacts who are fluent in their profession at the level of international standards. The quality and level of foreign language training in higher education are determined by the teaching staff, who are the carriers of the ideology of updating language education. Today, the digitalization of language education has brought the foreign language training of students to a qualitatively new level, which allows not only to raise the culture of teaching foreign languages, but also to ensure the development and social adaptation of the student, and contributes to the formation of an appropriate environment for social and personal development. The quality improvement of foreign language training in higher education presupposes both the widespread use of digital teaching technologies and the mandatory consideration of the general patterns of the personality formation and individual characteristics of students, as well as the development of each student’s abilities and interests. The formation of creative thinking, flexibility, initiative and versatility, the ability to quickly respond to changes, as well as creative search in solving professional problems are especially relevant in the education and training of foreign language teachers. The article examines significant innovative trends in the system of higher education, which make it possible to train a competitive specialist who becomes the main indicator of the quality of university education.

scholarly journals Contemporary practices of foreign language preparation of future international relations specialists at universities

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 25-34
Author(s):  
Nataliia Vasylyshyna ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
International Relations ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Foreign Language Education ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Language Training ◽  
Methods Of Learning

The article analyzes the changes taking place in Ukrainian education during the last five years, are compared with the processes taking place in Europe, and an attempt is made to identify the main trends in the development of domestic foreign language education in the near future, allowing us to: predict probable challenges and prepare for overcoming them; focus on the main areas; to formulate new tasks, review the content, and possibly approaches to methodological training foreign language teachers taking into account these trends. Special attention is paid to the training of specialists in the field international relations is due to the fact that the process intercultural communication is significantly complicated problems due to certain differences and differences in perception of the world around us native speakers of different languages and cultures, which often leads to misunderstanding of each other, and in some cases becomes the cause of undesirable situations. The purpose of the article is to analyze the peculiarities of the development of foreign language education in Ukraine, to investigate the tendencies of the influence of the European educational system on the development of foreign language education in our country. The article highlights the results of the study of trends in the development of foreign language education in Ukraine, them influence on the formation of methods of learning foreign languages in higher education, their effective used during foreign language training of future specialists in non-language specialties in modern times stage. Some aspects of the formation and development of foreign language education at different stages of it are analyzed formation in the context of the subject of research and their relevance in modern conditions of preparation for the future specialists in the humanities in higher educational institutions of Ukraine. The main directions are clarified development of trends in foreign language education through analysis of works and research of leading experts in the field. In the frame of the study, it was revealed that the concepts of "bilingualism", "plurilingualism", and "multilingualism" in the system of higher education in Ukraine have become the significant components of foreign language training of future specialists in a particular field. The research concluded that, at the present stage of Ukraine's entry into the European educational space foreign language education is an element of cultural interaction, that promotes the formation of interests in another mentality, increases motivation, and expands the scope of international cooperation. We see the conclusions and prospects for further research in this area in a more in-depth approach to creative development and finding new ways to improve efficiency of the educational process of students of the faculties of international relations in the light of the latest requirements of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine for teaching foreign languages at a qualitatively new level.

scholarly journals Scientific research and training of foreign languages in universities in Vietnam today

2017 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nguyen Quang Thuan
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Foreign Language Teachers ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Comprehensive Picture ◽  
And Training

This research aims to describe the situation of scientific research and the teaching of foreign languages ​​in universities. A questionnaire survey and a series of face-to-face interviews were conducted with a sample of 488 foreign language teachers from 201 universities. The research results describe a comprehensive picture of the training and scientific research related to the teaching of foreign languages ​​in higher education institutions in Vietnam.

scholarly journals SCIENTIFIC AND PEDAGOCICAL APPROACHES TO THE FORMATIONOF PROFESSIONAL METACOMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE OF FUTURE TEACHERS OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS IN A SPECIALIZED SCHOOL

2020 ◽  
Vol 66 (2) ◽  
pp. 89-94
Author(s):  
Z.K. Zhanazarova ◽  
◽  
T.A. Kulgildinova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Component Composition ◽  
Foreign Language Education ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Foreign Language Teachers ◽  
Specialized School ◽  
Basic Approaches

The article discusses the scientific and methodological platform for the formation of professional metacommunicative competence of foreign language teachers in a specialized school. The content of the article reveals the basic approaches and principles of the formation of professional metacommunicative competence, which refers to the ability of students to use a foreign language for educational purposes as a tool for the development of foreign language education in a professional metalanguage aspect. The features of the component composition in determining the level of formation of professional metacommunicative competence of students are revealed. The tactical goal of training a foreign language teacher for specialized classes are described, which provides for improving the quality of training for students with the goal of mastering such technologies that give the prospect to a future teacher the ability to speak a meta- branch language in various working conditions.

scholarly journals PROFESSIONAL TRAINING OF TEACHERS OF HUMANITIES IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS IN GERMANY

2021 ◽  
pp. 25-28
Author(s):  
Anna Kozemirova
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Foreign Language Teachers ◽  
Pedagogical Training ◽  
Basic Competencies ◽  
Main Material

The article is devoted to the topical problem of professional training of teachers of humanities in higher education institutions in Germany. The problems and features of basic competencies that are formed in teachers of humanities in training in higher education institutions are considered. Objectives of the study: to investigate the professional training of teachers of humanities; consider the structure of higher education institutions in Germany; to analyze the presentation of the main material on the professional training of teachers of higher education institutions in Germany. Based on the study of domestic and German scientific sources, it was found that the attention of researchers focused on the study of the development of higher education, the origin and formation of pedagogical education in Germany; theories and practices of teacher training in Germany; comparative pedagogy. The study found that the training of foreign language teachers in Germany is based on ancient traditions and is closely linked to the peculiarities of the development of school education in the country; dissemination and teaching of foreign languages; opening of modern languages in universities of philological specialties; typology of educational institutions. It was found that the system of training foreign language teachers in Germany has gone from the training of a classical philologist to a thorough philological and psychological-pedagogical training.

scholarly journals Building professional learning communities of foreign language teachers in higher education

2020 ◽  
Vol 84 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Qiufang Wen ◽  
Hong Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Professional Learning Communities ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Learning Communities ◽  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Professional Learning ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Foreign Language Teachers ◽  
Leadership Management

In recent decades there has been increasing interest in identifying the critical features of effective professional learning communities (PLCs). This identification is useful for evaluating the quality of a PLC, but not for building one. This study aims at describing a conceptual model for developing a new PLC, illustrating its application with an example. The model is explained in terms of four constitutive elements (PARTICIPANTS, OBJECTIVES, MEDIATORS, and MECHANISM), and their interactive relations. The development of a PLC of foreign language teachers (PLC-FLTs) at Beijing Foreign Studies University is used to illustrate how the model can function successfully. The illustration is coupled with a discussion of the PLC’s decades of experience in collective leadership, management of the four elements, and tips for tackling various challenges in keeping the PLC going.

The assessment competence of university foreign language teachers: A Ukrainian perspective

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Olga Kvasova ◽  
Tamara Kavytska
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Bologna Process ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Language Testing ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Assessment Instruments ◽  
Foreign Language Teachers ◽  
Common Framework ◽  
Language Testing And Assessment ◽  
The Bologna Process

AbstractThis article considers the assessment challenges and prospects faced by foreign language teachers in Ukrainian universities in the context of the country's joining the Bologna Process. A major problem relates to adapting higher education to a common framework designed to facilitate comprehension and comparison of the content and outcomes of degree programmes and devising methods of quality assurance in foreign language teaching. The implementation of reforms in the area includes the improvement of assessment standards, the creation of new assessment instruments, and ensuring that teachers' professional repertoire includes skills in accurately measuring students' performance. Given the increased role of assessment in Ukrainian language education and the challenges this new demand poses to teachers, we investigated university foreign language teachers' readiness to carry out complex and multifaceted functions related to formative and summative assessment. Specifically, we replicated the European Survey of Language Testing and Assessment Needs and carried out a survey of our own design to identify specific strengths and weaknesses in the assessments performed by university foreign language teachers. The surveys yielded results that are broadly comparable with the European data, but with minor variations that mostly have to do with newly introduced forms of assessment. Our study shows that Ukrainian university foreign language teachers are quite test-wise and prepared to do a good job in language testing and assessment. The insights drawn from the data can contribute to developing syllabi for pre- and in-service teacher training in the area.

“Das bin ich...”: Corporeality and early German language education in (Slovak) kindergarten

Human Affairs ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ondrej Kaščák ◽  
Branislav Pupala ◽  
Iveta Kovalčíková
Keyword(s):  
Language Acquisition ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Cultural Anthropology ◽  
Language Education ◽  
The Body ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
German Language ◽  
Foreign Language Teachers ◽  
Foreign Language Acquisition

AbstractThis paper, based on ethnographically obtained data, discusses German language acquisition at an early age: the discovery of the interconnection between language and corporeality is the key component of the analysis based on videostudies. The body—conceived as an intermediary and content element of education, becomes an essential base for foreign language acquisition. This will be documented by tangible data and subsequent theoretical analysis with respect to relevant terminology of cultural anthropology (Körper and Leib). The principle of corporeality is further used as a means of perceiving German language education in the sense of the so called language propaedeutic concept and as a means of the legitimisation of particular qualification and the role of foreign language teachers in preschool institutions.

scholarly journals ЗАОХОЧЕННЯ ЯК МЕХАНІЗМ ВПЛИВУ НА ПРОФЕСІЙНЕ САМОВДОСКОНАЛЕННЯ ВИКЛАДАЧІВ ІНОЗЕМНИХ МОВ КРАЇН ЄВРОПЕЙСЬКОГО СОЮЗУ

2020 ◽  
pp. 219-228
Author(s):  
Олександра Борзенко ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
European Union ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Foreign Language Teachers ◽  
Additional Payments ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
European Union Countries ◽  
Motivational Process

Recently, the importance of international cooperation in education, the use of the best practices of higher education institutions in the European Union, the development of pedagogical skills and professional activities to organize the process of foreign language teaching has been growing, so the issue of encouragement as a mechanism of influence on the professional development of foreign language teachers is relevant. It is noted that organization of higher education in the European Union has both much in common and in different. It is stated that the professional development of foreign language teachers in the European Union is a dynamic and continuous process that lasts throughout their activities. An important place is given to the motivation of teachers to self-improvement in order to achieve the highest level of professionalism. Teachers’ self-improvement allows them to deepen their professional competence by understanding the social and cultural dimensions of education, based on their own needs and requirements of society. It is determined that any culture finds its unique reflection in the language, as well as in the study of the cultural heritage of the people, which is enshrined in their language as a reflection of the spiritual world of humans and their culture. It is emphasized that an important role in the motivational process of encouragement as a mechanism for influencing the professional selfimprovement of foreign language teachers is played by the current system of encouragements in each European Union country. Encouragement systems reflect both the professional activity of an individual and the historical development of the country. Encouragement is a positive stimulating effect on the needs, interests, consciousness, will, behavior of foreign language teachers, as well as on the results of their work. Encouragement arouses the interest of the individual in obtaining certain social benefits and is used in cases of achieving results in own professional activities. Encouragement is used for successful performance of professional duties, important tasks, long-term work and is a mechanism of influence on the development of professional self-improvement. The analysis of scientific works on the problem under research shows that in the European Union countries national educational traditions are combined, that the motivational process for self-improvement depends on individual characteristics, age, pedagogical experience, scientific degree, position and is encouraged by the relevant stimulating moral (expression of gratitude, rewarding with certificate of appreciation, etc.) and material (rewarding with a gift, additional payments, financial awards, grants, etc.) systems of payment for work. The system of additional payments is non-uniform not only in the universities of different European Union countries, but also within a specific higher education institution. Teachers can be nominated for state awards for outstanding merit to the country. State awards are the highest form of recognition for high merit in the development of education, science, economy, culture. State awards are established exclusively by the laws of each country.

scholarly journals Necessity of improvement of foreign language teaching in the Slovak Republic

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 251-263
Author(s):  
Marcela Šarvajcová ◽  
Monika Štrbová
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Slovak Republic ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Foreign Language Education ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Foreign Language Teachers

Aim. The aim of the research study was to investigate the opinions of the Slovakian secondary school foreign language teachers and learn about their views on the system of education in the field of enhancement of teachers` professional qualifications. Methods. To perform the results of the study the method of focus group was used. Results. The results of the presented research show the differences between the perception of foreign language education in the past and how it appears today through the views of selected number of foreign language teachers in Slovakia. The pivotal role is played by the technological skills of the students and their ability to use information technologies instructed in foreign languages. The research results also indicate the possibilities of teachers to get in direct contact with the target foreign language as a part of their professional development. The research participants also specified the factors that they considered the most influential in the process of foreign language learning. Conclusion. The purpose of the article is to discuss the urge to achieve highly professional foreign language education in today`s technological society. As shown by the results obtained from the focus group, the teachers/participants agreed on a single highly impactful factor: family.

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