scholarly journals Improvement of technical specialty students’ foreign language professional skills

2021 ◽  
Vol 102 (2) ◽  
pp. 157-163
Author(s):  
U. Kopzhasarova ◽  
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B. Beisenbaeva ◽  
S. Alken ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
English Language ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Interactive Methods ◽  
Communicative Skills ◽  
World Community ◽  
The World ◽  
Technical University ◽  
The University

The article focuses on the problems of foreign language teaching at a technical university. Due to the integration of the Republic of Kazakhstan into the world community young specialists should effectively use a foreign language in their future profession. Teaching foreign languages in non-linguistic universities has particular relevance since foreign language communication of modern specialists in the professional sphere is becoming closer due to the effect of growing professional, business, scientific contacts of specialists in the world community. The article considers the experience acquired by the Foreign Languages department of Karaganda Technical University in developing undergraduate students’ foreign language communicative skills on the basis of the teacher’s experience using YouTube channel and also a professional and technical translation course organized in the University. The ways of developing technical specialty students’ foreign language skills as well as recommendations for teachers are suggested in the given work. The results of the survey among the students on the problems they face in learning the English language, the practice of interactive methods used for improvement of students’ professional foreign language communicative skills and other extra-curricular activities organized by the university foreign language department are also demonstrated.

EUROPEANIZATION OF THE UKRAINIAN SYSTEM OF HIGHER PEDAGOGICAL EDUCATION THROUGH THE IMPROVEMENT OF UNDERGRADUATES’ FOREIGN LANGUAGE COMMUNICATIVE SKILLS

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 443
Author(s):  
Yevhen Gromov ◽  
Alla Kolomiiets ◽  
Dmytro Kolomiiets ◽  
Iryna Mazaikina ◽  
Olga Nalyvaiko
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
English Language ◽  
Academic Discipline ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Academic Disciplines ◽  
Communicative Skills ◽  
Gradual Introduction ◽  
Pedagogical Science

The article is devoted to the problem of improvement of the foreign language communicative skills of future Masters of Pedagogical Science. Special attention has been given to the issue of gradual introduction into the educational process the practice of teaching undergraduate students some academic disciplines in the English language. The authors share their successful experience of teaching undergraduates of the Physical-Mathematical and the Informational-Technological specialties general-academic disciplines in English. This practice is considered one of the effective ways to increase the students’ foreign language competence. On the example of a general-academic discipline «Methodology and Principles of Scientific Research» the authors prove the urgency and expediency of teaching certain subjects in the foreign languages to the applicants of the Master's Degree in Pedagogical Science. The purpose of this article is to demonstrate the importance of such practice and to show that teaching some general subjects in English can become a significant factor of improvement of the students’ foreign competence, which in turn contributes to the integration of the Ukrainian scientific-pedagogical community into the European academic community. 

scholarly journals THE ROLES AND STATUS OF ENGLISH IN PRESENT-DAY VIETNAM: A SOCIO-CULTURAL ANALYSIS

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hoang Van Van
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Science Communication ◽  
English Language ◽  
Cultural Analysis ◽  
National Language ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Official Language ◽  
Doi Moi ◽  
The World ◽  
Communication And Technology

Starting from a collection of dialects in the southern counties in England, the English language has moved far beyond its nation and has now consolidated its power as the most widely used lingua franca in the world for business, science, communication and technology, and for many other purposes (Cheshire, 1996; Crystal, 1997, 2012; Halliday, 2017). In Vietnam, since Đổi mới (Renovation) which was initiated by the Vietnam Communist Party in 1986, English has become the most important foreign language being taught and used nation-wide, second only to Vietnamese – the national language. Why has English gained such a predominant status in the Vietnamese linguistic space? What are the roles and status of English in present-day Vietnam? Does the expansion of English pose any threat to Vietnamese? To what extent does the expansion of English challenge other foreign languages being taught and learned in Vietnam? Will English become a second official language in Vietnam? The answers to these questions constitute the focus of analysis in this paper and will be addressed throughout.

scholarly journals Welke didactische aanpak voor vt-vertaalcolleges in het universitaire vreemdetalenonderwijs?

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. 91-102
Author(s):  
Muriel Waterlot
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Foreign Language Education ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Teaching Model ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Catholic University ◽  
The University

How to approach didactically the translation classes in the university-based teaching of foreign languages? During the last decade translation in foreign language teaching has experienced renewed interest. At present, research in this area focuses not so much on the advantages and disadvantages of translation, but on the question of how it can be optimally integrated and taught in higher education. We decided to look for an answer to that question in the didactics of translation and foreign language education. The result of our study is the teaching model that we present in this article. We also demonstrate how we applied this model during the practical FL-translation classes taught to third-year undergraduate students of the programme offered by the Dutch Chair of the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin where translation is taught as part of the Dutch language learning programme.

scholarly journals A Contribuição de Uma Disciplina Acadêmica no Processo de Autonomização de Professores de Inglês em Formação

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 2476-2484
Author(s):  
Isabelly Raiane Silva Dos Santos
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Learning Style ◽  
Cognitive Process ◽  
English Language ◽  
Autonomous Learning ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
The World ◽  
The Subject

RESUMO No contexto da globalização, a língua inglesa vem ganhando gradativamente mais notoriedade no cenário mundial, fato que a leva a ser alvo de questionamentos que servem de base para o início de uma pesquisa. Desse modo, este estudo busca demonstrar a importância e os benefícios da aprendizagem autônoma desta língua estrangeira com base em definições e conceitos relacionados à autonomia e à motivação propostos por autores como Dickinson (1994), Ushioda (1996) e Benson (2001). Partindo desses referenciais teóricos, uma turma de calouros foi analisada durante o período no qual a disciplina Aprender a Aprender Língua Estrangeira foi ministrada como componente curricular obrigatório do curso de graduação em Licenciatura em Letras com habilitação em Inglês ofertado pela Faculdade de Letras Estrangeiras Modernas (FALEM), na Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA), durante o segundo semestre de 2014. Tendo a docente como um dos principais agentes motivadores, ao final da disciplina, foram observados altos níveis de motivação em grande parte dos alunos. Ao final da investigação, tornou-se evidente que a aprendizagem pode ser mais efetiva quando o aprendente passa a compreender o funcionamento do processo cognitivo e a conhecer seu próprio estilo de aprendizagem.   ABSTRACT In the context of globalization, the English language has been gradually gaining more notoriety on the world stage, a fact that makes it the target of questions that serve as a basis for the beginning of a research. Thus, this study aims to demonstrate the importance and the benefits of an autonomous learning of this foreign language based on definitions and concepts related to autonomy and motivation proposed by authors such as Dickinson (1994), Ushioda (1996) e Benson (2001). Based on these theoretical references, a class of freshmen was analyzed during the period in which the subject Learn to Learn a Foreign Language was taught as a mandatory curriculum component of the undergraduate course in Majoring in English Language offered by the Faculty of Modern Foreign Languages ​​(FALEM), at the Federal University of Pará (UFPA), during the second semester of 2014. With the teacher as one of the main motivating agents, at the end of the course, high levels of motivation were observed in most students. At the end of the investigation, it became evident that learning can be more effective when the learner starts to understand the functioning of the cognitive process and to know his/her own learning style.

scholarly journals French-English Cognates in the Jordanian Foreign Language Learning Classroom: Friends or Foes?

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (7) ◽  
pp. 72
Author(s):  
Samia Azieb ◽  
Rajai AL-Khanji ◽  
Majid Tarawneh
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Good Strategy ◽  
Language Background ◽  
University Of Jordan ◽  
Foreign Language Instructors ◽  
The University

The aim of the present study is two-fold in essence. First, it aims at finding out the extent to which cognates’ recognition aids Jordanian French-English bilinguals to translate from English into French. Second, it seeks to determine if such recognition can be a good strategy in learning foreign languages. Accordingly, a Translation Elicitation Task containing cognates and false cognates was devised and given to a sample of 31 students majoring in French at both the B.A and M.A levels at the University of Jordan. Findings of the study showed that most students did benefit from their English language background, and thus cognates facilitated their comprehension of French. However, some students participating in the translation test were not mindful of the lexical differences between English and French, thus producing an incorrect interpretation of the text. The study ends with a recommendation for foreign language instructors to teach cognate recognition strategies explicitly.

scholarly journals The interactive methods and principles of foreign language teaching

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-79
Author(s):  
Madina Bakhreddinovna Ganixanova
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Foreign Language Teaching ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Interactive Methods ◽  
Education Abroad ◽  
Interactive Training ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
Scientific Technical

English language is very important nowadays. More and more people need English to attend universities and colleges, because now everybody have an opportunity to get higher education abroad. New ideas in science and medicine happen so quickly that it is impossible to translate everything into different languages. International relations are extended and strength­ened through the exchange of scientific, technical, and cultural information. In this situation, foreign language teaching is a matter of state significance. Teachers of foreign languages make their contribution to all aspects of education of pupils. There are some useful principles and methods of teaching foreign languages. Their role in the upbringing of the younger generation cannot be overestimated. The interactive methods of foreign language teaching is not only new or mysterious, new techniques but also new forms, new principles, new approaches, new methods in teaching process. Interactive training encourages and gives learners to create comfortable condition of learning, also learners feel their successfulness, develop creativity, intellectual and communicative abilities.

scholarly journals THE ROLE OF A FOREIGN LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATIVE SKILLS IN TODAY’S WORLD

InterConf ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 51-55
Author(s):  
Raisa Kuzmenko
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Communicative Skills ◽  
Contemporary World ◽  
The World ◽  
Important Form

The aim of the paper is to show the importance of foreign languages in contemporary world. The paper turns to the perspective provided by language proficiency. The article pays special attention to communicative skills. Communication is considered as the most important form of interaction between peoples in the world.

scholarly journals Integration of captioned authentic video materials into the process of forming a foreign language lexical competence

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
О.А. Артеменко ◽  
К.А. Амеличева ◽  
Г.А. Максимова
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
English Language ◽  
The State ◽  
Learning Motivation ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Vocabulary Skills ◽  
Technical University ◽  
Lexical Competence ◽  
Authentic Video

В рамках данного исследования анализируется целесообразность, а также рассматриваются возможные пути интеграции аутентичных англоязычных видеосюжетов различного типа в процесс преподавания иностранных языков в техническом вузе. Исследуются перспективы использования видеоматериалов с субтитрами по сравнению с печатными учебными пособиями, аудиоподкастами или сюжетами без субтитров, как основа повышения эффективности формирования лексической компетенции. Подробно анализируются результаты, полученные в ходе проведения педагогического эксперимента, направленного на разработку и апробацию элементов практической методики, позволяющей не только значительно улучшить навыки рецептивного и продуктивного владения иноязычной лексикой, но и активизировать знания по грамматике, уменьшить состояние тревожности в процессе восприятия на слух, существенно повысить учебную мотивацию. Within the framework of this study, the expediency as well as possible ways of integrating authentic English-language videos of various types into the process of teaching foreign languages at a technical university have been analyzed and considered. The prospects of using video materials with captions, in comparison with printed textbooks, audio podcasts or videos without captions, as the basis for increasing the effectiveness of the lexical competence formation have been investigated. The results obtained in the course of a pedagogical experiment aimed at developing and testing elements of the practical methodology have been analyzed in detail. This methodology allows not only improving receptive and productive foreign language vocabulary skills significantly, but also activating knowledge of grammar, reducing the state of anxiety in the process of listening, substantially increasing learning motivation.

scholarly journals Editorial: Introduction to the special issue on English language learning in primary schools

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 415-422
Author(s):  
María Del Pilar García Mayo ◽  
M. Juncal Gutierrez-Mangado
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
English Language ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
English Language Learning ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Early Introduction ◽  
The World ◽  
Different Parts

The early introduction of foreign languages, mainly English, in pre-primary and primary education in different parts of the world is an undisputable fact in today’s world, as clearly illustrated in Enever (2018). One of the reasons for this educational change is the belief in “the earlier the better” notion, which has already been shown not to hold true when linguistic outcomes are assessed in foreign language settings (see García Mayo & García Lecumberri, 2003; Huang, 2015). Age is just one variable among many others that need to be taken into account when assessing child language learning in educational contexts (see Butler, 2019), and that is the reason why more research on identifying those other variables is necessary.

scholarly journals Distance education didactic principles application in teaching

2021 ◽  
Vol 273 ◽  
pp. 12031
Author(s):  
Boris Soldatov ◽  
Natalya Soldatova
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Interactive Methods ◽  
Distance Teaching ◽  
State Technical ◽  
Technology Application ◽  
Technical University

The present article analyzes the distance teaching didactic possibilities for foreign language educational process organization. The authors consider the main foreign languages distance teaching components and describe the “Foreign language” academic discipline characteristic features. Moreover, the authors describe the distance learning specifics, taking language disciplines subject features into account, and provide a detailed analysis of the foreign languages distance teaching process components. The importance of various interaction means between a teacher and a student in the foreign language online learning process, including e-mail, Skype, Google Docs, Zoom, Teams and Moodle platforms, is stressed. The Moodle platform application is researched on the example of the language disciplines electronic test control organization at Russian Customs Academy Rostov branch and at Don State Technical University. The interactive methods application in foreign language online teaching is described on the example of classes held in the form of chats, web classes and webinars. The article describes an experiment conducted at Don State Technical University on the project technology application within the “Project Activity Fundamentals” discipline framework in the 1st-year “Linguistics” students’ groups. As a result of the project activities, projects-presentations were prepared in English on the topic “My career opportunities in the foreign languages field” and a course module for distance learning in the “Foreign language in the professional sphere” discipline for of non-language faculties students was presented. Basing on the distance teaching components analysis and the ways of their application, the authors arrived at the conclusion that carefully selected didactic tools ensure the organization, students ’ activities regulation and their language disciplines educational material content assimilation.

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