scholarly journals Olympiad at a technical university: students’ opinions and development prospects

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (6) ◽  
pp. 167-179
Author(s):  
Irina Yu. Starchikova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Research University ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Highly Qualified ◽  
Moscow Aviation Institute ◽  
Language Competence ◽  
Technical University ◽  
Time Courses ◽  
Specialist Field

Introduction. Learning foreign languages at a technical university is an integral part of the educational process. A highly qualified specialist must have both knowledge in his/her specialist field and the skills of mastering foreign language competence. The purpose of the study was an attempt to analyze the data obtained through a sociological survey of students regarding the holding of the annual Olympiad in a foreign language at a technical university. Materials and methods. The material of the study included the answers of 114 students of the Stupino branch of the Moscow Aviation Institute (National Research University) from the first to third full-time courses by filling in Google forms. The use of the data obtained allowed revealing the attitude of students towards the English Olympiad held at the university since 2014. Results. The significance of participation in a foreign language Olympiad was assessed by 23% of the respondents. Among the respondents, there were 73% of the respondents who consider preparation for the Olympiad an important element reflecting the student’s knowledge and influencing the results of the Olympiad. Besides, 78% of respondents have already taken part in similar events. Thirty-nine percent of the surveyed students discovered new opportunities in continuing to learn the language. It is a fact that some respondents (36%) do not think that preparation for and participation in the Olympiad can increase the student’s motivation when learning a foreign language. Conclusion. Olympiad activities and preparation for this event make it possible to train a socially successful, creatively active, and demanded young specialist, acting as an activator of a competitive and developing educational environment.

scholarly journals Financial literacy of students of technical universities: analysis of opinions and development prospects

2021 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 80-91
Author(s):  
Olga V. Stepnova ◽  
◽  
Irina Yu. Starchikova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Financial Literacy ◽  
Financial Services ◽  
Research University ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Positive Trend ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Moscow Aviation Institute ◽  
Technical University ◽  
Financial Issues

Introduction. The development of students' ability to make informed and responsible decisions in the field of personal finance is an urgent problem. Young people must have the appropriate competencies, have the required level of financial literacy. This also applies to students of non-economic areas of training, in particular students of technical specialties. The purpose of the study is to analyze the financial literacy of students of a technical university. Materials and methods. The material of the research was the data of an anonymous sociological survey of 100 students of Stupino branch of Moscow Aviation Institute (National Research University) of the 3rd and 4th courses of full-time education by filling in Google forms. Results. Analysis of students' opinions showed a positive trend (65% of respondents) for the introduction of financial literacy in the educational process of a technical university. Students admitted (54% of respondents) that they are not aware of all kinds of risks when investing in NPFs, when buying a home, compulsory motor third party liability insurance, taking a loan, when calculating wages, etc. Based on the students' answers, it was found that 62% of the respondents had no experience in solving financial issues. At the same time, 67% of students are not interested in rates on deposits, loans, the key rate of the Central Bank, but daily use the financial services of the bank (plastic cards, payment for services via the Internet, e-wallet, etc.) 97% of students. Conclusion. Today, the financial literacy of the population is fraught with many vital issues and affects the effectiveness of decisions made and the associated risks.

scholarly journals Analysis of the problem of legal literacy of technical university students

2021 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 130-144
Author(s):  
Olga V. Stepnova ◽  
◽  
Lyudmila I. Eremenskaya ◽  
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Moscow Aviation Institute ◽  
Management Culture ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
Political Processes ◽  
Legal Literacy ◽  
Technical University

Introduction. The socio-economic and political processes taking place in modern Russia pose new challenges to the student youth, as the most active subject of these processes. Ten years ago, it was enough for a qualified engineer to have professional knowledge, skills and abilities, but today, according to the requirements of higher education, he must have a management culture, information competence and legal literacy. The purpose of the study is to study the legal literacy of students of a technical university. Materials and methods. The materials of the study were the data of an anonymous sociological survey of 124 respondents – students of the Stupino branch of the Moscow Aviation Institute (National Research University) of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th courses of full-time and part-time education by filling out Google forms. The obtained data allowed us to study the knowledge of the students of the technical university in the field of the basics of legal literacy. Results. Analysis of the data of a sociological survey of students' opinions showed that the overwhelming majority (96.5%) support the introduction of in-depth study of law enforcement practice in the educational process of a technical university. Students admitted (94.4% of respondents) that knowledge of the basics of civil, labor, tax, administrative and other branches of law will help them in their professional activities; 38.4% believe that they need additional knowledge in the field of law, while 62.9% had experience in concluding a civil contract (purchase and sale of an apartment, car, contract, delivery, provision of services, etc.), but 41.5% used the services of specialists (realtor, labor dispute commission, lawyers, etc.). Conclusion. Today, legal literacy of students determines the understanding of their role, opportunities and responsibilities in society, knowledge of their rights and obligations. Obtaining the necessary legal knowledge and skills for professional activity will allow students to independently understand the current laws, legal norms, understand them and apply them in their professional activities.

scholarly journals Features of distance learning in the modern conditions of a Russian university: based on the materials of a survey of students

2021 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-117
Author(s):  
Irina Yu. Starchikova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Research University ◽  
Learning Technologies ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Extreme Condition ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Moscow Aviation Institute ◽  
External Resources ◽  
New Material ◽  
Distance Learning Technologies

Introduction. Distance learning is a forced and extreme condition due to the spread of COVID-19. The higher school is looking for ways to improve the process of education for young people and opens up new opportunities for the transition to distance learning through the introduction of innovative technologies. The purpose of the study is to find out the pros and cons of distance learning, using the analysis of data obtained through a sociological survey of students. Materials and methods. The material of the research was the answers of 122 students of the Stupino branch of the Moscow Aviation Institute (National Research University) from 1 to 3 courses of the full-time department by filling in Google forms. Results. 42.6% of teaching students positively assessed the importance of switching to the remote platform of the LMS MAI, although only a third of the respondents would like to study remotely next semester. Motivation and involvement in the learning process in the new environment is present in 44.3% of respondents, and 63.9 % of students believe that learning a foreign language at a distance makes it difficult to understand new material. In addition, 73.3% of respondents believe that humanities are easier to study remotely, as opposed to technical subjects. In the organization of the educational process through distance learning, 45.1% of the surveyed students discovered new opportunities to continue learning the language. It should be noted that a third of respondents (32.8%) believe that in the near future, higher education can be fully transferred to distance learning. The method of principal components revealed that the attitude of students to distance learning is not related to the motivation to learn. Conclusion. The drastic reformatting of the educational process with limited internal and external resources of the universities intensified their mobilization in an emergency implementation of distance learning technologies, but not in the systematic use of tools online training, require a much longer preparation time and testing on the students in order to develop a competitive and developing educational system, and natural is not always an orderly and systematic approach.

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.

THE USE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN DISTANCE, PART-TIME AND FULL-TIME COURSES

2020 ◽  
pp. 41-50
Author(s):  
Almaziya G. Kataeva ◽  
◽  
Sergei D. Kataev ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
Time Frame ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Internet Resources ◽  
Modern Development ◽  
Grammatical Skills ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Time Courses

The modern development of society determines the forms and content of the process of teaching foreign languages. The quantity and quality of information in the field of mastering a foreign language is constantly growing as a means of sociocultural, linguistic and cultural and professional development of an individual. A foreign language is currently considered as an integral part of intercultural communication in various fields of objective reality and the development of a culture of interethnic communication. In the process of teaching a foreign language, technologies are becoming increasingly important which makes it possible to achieve the required level of communicative competence in speaking and writing in a shorter time frame and to recreate a virtual spatial temporal communication environment with native speakers. In this regard, the form of distance learning can be more and more prospective, being psychologically more comfortable for students and teachers; many of its elements can be integrated into other forms of training. The article exposes certain information technologies, the use of which increases the effectiveness of teaching a foreign language in distance, part-time and full-time courses. On the example of specific interactive multimedia Internet resources in the field of learning the German language, the urgent importance of using computerized teaching methods for acquiring and enhancing pronunciation, lexical and grammatical skills and knowledge with the aim of forming linguistic and cultural and professional competence of students is emphasized. At the same time, the article highlights importance of non-verbal forms of communication for achieving the desired effect of verbal communication, while relying on relevant audiovisual Internet resources.

Country study commentary as one of the forms of implementation of interdisciplinary relations

2020 ◽  
Vol 60 (11) ◽  
pp. 61-64
Author(s):  
Lala Mustafa Akhundzadeh ◽  
◽  
Nailya Agaguseyin Orujeva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
General Education ◽  
Effective Means ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Regional Studies ◽  
Highly Qualified ◽  
English History ◽  
Language Classes ◽  
Country Study

This article deals with the method of using regional studies in foreign language classes in a non-linguistic university. It speaks about the realization of interdisciplinary relations as one of the effective means of professsionalizing the educational process. The paper also considers some variants of activities at the English lessons. Combinations of such subjects as Geography and English, History and English are presented. The interests of students in the field of their specialty are revealed. The interdisciplinary relations as a means of increasing general education and cultural potential of higher educational institutions are also highlighted. The necessity for highly qualified specialists in various specialities is emphasized in this article. Key words: interdisciplinary relations, integration, didactic principles, linguistic and country studies, differentiation of sciences, the emergence of fringe sciences

scholarly journals INNOVATIVE METHODS OF TEACHING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE FOR STUDENTS OF NON-LANGUAGE SPECIALTIES WITHIN

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (194) ◽  
pp. 158-162
Author(s):  
Alina Mekheda ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Highly Qualified ◽  
Authentic Materials ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Innovative Methods ◽  
Educational Potential

The article reviews the main reasons for the growth of the role of a «foreign language» discipline within the framework of non-linguistic specialties as part of the process of gradual reformation of the higher education system in Ukraine. The author addresses the search for effective concepts for the integration of professional training and teaching foreign languages for future highly qualified specialists in non-linguistic universities, which are reflected in strategic government documents. The main innovative methods of teaching a foreign language, conditions for their effective application in the educational process of higher educational institutions along with their teaching and educational potential are analyzed. Amongst the innovative methods of teaching students a foreign language, the author highlighted the following: training modules that ensure the development of the fluency of students' speech, as well as their confident communication in a foreign language; case technologies that make it possible to use practical life situations for learning; binary classes allowing the integration of subjects, interest and students` motivation. Educators and students have the opportunity to use the Internet and computer technology to increase the efficiency of the process of learning foreign languages in university courses. A great tool for learning foreign languages are mobile applications and Internet platforms that use authentic materials. Students and teachers have access to audio and video materials created by native speakers who are also teachers. Mobile applications allow you to independently create test tasks, surveys and a variety of games and involve a large number of students.

scholarly journals Using the Lecturer’s Training Site with a Conscious Approach to Learning Russian as a Foreign Language

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 18-28
Author(s):  
S. V. Marchuk
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Web Site ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Effective Means ◽  
Work Organization ◽  
Empirical Method ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Important Principle ◽  
Didactic Material

The purpose of the research is to demonstrate the productivity of using the lecturer’s training web-site of Russian as a foreign language in the preparatory courses at the University. Lecturer’s training website is an effective means stipulated with principal of consciousness and activity of scholars under the guidance of a lecturer. Training web-site as informative and communicative instrument is able to combine didactic matter, learning techniques and methods for different forms of work organization: full-time, mixed and distance; also, didactic material means educational complexes, information and communication means, control and training. An important principle underlying the proposed teaching method is the refusal to use the methods of unconscious repetition.Materials and methods. To identify the ef fectiveness in application of lecturer’s training web-site various educational platforms were used having different target and national groups. The analysis of studies on mechanical repetitions of well-known physiologists, biologists, lecturers was carried out, which allowed us to come to the conclusion about the ineffectiveness of using techniques with unconscious repetitions in the educational process. Systematic use of lecturer’s web-site in educational process shows that most effective methods and techniques are audio-visual, textual exercises from simple to complex with further audio dubbing, audio method of teaching phonetics and literacy, “lively dialogue” as a new technique in teaching Russian for foreigners, vocabulary works and differentiated approach. Observation, comparison and matching methods were applied, which helped to identify the productivity of learning with the use of multimedia. To identify scientific novelty, an empirical method was used by introducing author’s personal educational web-site project www.russian-teacher.ru with a description of observations and summarizing the results.Results. It is noted that the offered website format is innovation in the field of teaching Russian for foreigners during preparatory course. It was proved with high positive result that the use of a lecturer’s personal training website with the possibility of feedback gives good results when teaching Russian as a foreign language in a short time  at the nonlinguistic university during the period of distance learning, with a mixed form of education.Conclusion. Research using the site continues in different groups by nationality (it is possible that there are several linguistic ones), by the number (it is possible to train a group of up to 15 people), by the degree of preparation (possibly A1-B1). The site has a number of advantages: the ability to edit as needed, change the interface and generate content. The study shows how didactics is interconnected with physiology, and the lecturer’s competence includes creativity, which in modern informational conditions is considered through the use of multimedia the lecturer’s training personal website www. russian-teacher.ru.

scholarly journals Social demand of society as a factor of specifying the goals of foreign language teaching in technical university

2020 ◽  
pp. 115-125
Author(s):  
Natalia L. Baydikova
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Research University ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Foreign Language Teaching ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Federal State ◽  
Social Demand ◽  
Technical University ◽  
State Educational

The structure of the article is determined by the logic of designing the goals of foreign language teaching in a technical university. The highest level of generality of goals reflects the social demand of society as a whole and is presented in the Federal State Educational Standard of Higher Education. At the second level of goal formulation (Model Discipline Programs), they are specified according to the needs of the spheres of economics. In the development of Work Programs of Discipline within the framework of teaching in a specific university, final clarification of goals is required depending on the requirements of regional employers (the third level of specification of goals). In order to clarify the objectives of teaching foreign language to students of technical universities taking into account the requirements of the regional labour market, a questionnaire was conducted in 2019 for graduates of the National Research University „Moscow Institute of Electronic Technology,” working in a specialty in enterprises in the field of exact technologies in Zelenohrad (Moscow). The questionnaire showed that in addition to the four types of speech activities specified in the Model Programs on Foreign Language for Non-Language Universities, engineers use interpretation and translation in their professional activities. The rating of types of foreign language speech activity in descending order of their importance for professional activity of the engineer is as follows: reading – auditing – translation – writing – speaking. The most demanded professional foreign-language tasks in all types of speech activities (except translation) are solved by modern engineers in communicative situations using information technologies.

On Integrative Bilingual Teaching of a Foreign Language and Engineering at a Technical University

2020 ◽  
pp. 79-96
Author(s):  
Eduard Krylov
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Personal Growth ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Process Conditions ◽  
Good Opportunity ◽  
Bilingual Teaching ◽  
Technical University ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
And Control

Integrative bilingual teaching/learning of foreign language and engineering disciplines at a technical university provides a good opportunity for students of the personal growth both in cognitive and communicative aspects, which contributes to their better positions in the labor market. To put this opportunity into practice, the educators should have clear ideas about the goal of this educational process, psychological aspects accompanying the process, conditions of its implementation, basic units of teaching/learning, means of monitoring, assessment, and control and some others. All these components of methodology are discussed in this chapter.

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