scholarly journals Level assessment of readiness of Russian as a foreign language teachers to use and create own online courses

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (6) ◽  
pp. 234-247
Author(s):  
Viktoriia D. Gorbenko ◽  
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Tatiana N. Dominova ◽  
Natalia O. Ilina ◽  
Julia A. Kumbasheva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Online Education ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Educational Technologies ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Ict Competence

Introduction. In the last decade, distance technologies (including the format of massive open online courses – MOOCs) have occupied an increasingly significant place in the higher education system. The sphere of teaching foreign languages, in particular, Russian as a foreign language (RFL), is no exception. Currently, knowledge of the basics of modern distance educational technologies and the ability to apply them in the educational process is the most important component of the RFL teacher's professiogram. The purpose of this study is to assess the level of readiness of RFL teachers to use existing MOOCs and create their own online courses. Materials and research methods. An analysis of the regulatory framework for professional certification of higher education teachers and an analysis of scientific sources devoted to the content of the ICT competence of an RFL teacher are applied. The survey involved 50 RFL teachers from various universities in St. Petersburg. Research results. It was found that there is a significant gap between the required content of the RFL teacher's professiogram in the field of ICT competence and the level of readiness of RFL teachers to use ready-made MOOCs and create their own online courses. Only 11% of those surveyed used MOOCs in their professional activities, and only 38% themselves studied with the help of such courses. 42% and 52% of respondents are ready to use ready-made MOOCs and create their own courses, respectively. The effectiveness of MOOCs in teaching RFL is rated highly by only 37% of respondents, another 34% rate it as average and 29% as low. Discussion of results and conclusion. The existence of this gap is explained by the fact that the professional training of RFL teachers in the field of ICT competence does not always keep pace with the changes in the field of modern educational technologies. In addition, not all teachers see the expediency of using MOOCs in the process of teaching RFL, since language learning requires communication practice, and MOOCs are more often used to convey the theoretical aspects of a particular discipline. Despite this, many RFL teachers have shown an active desire to use ready-made online courses and create their own, subject to the passage of appropriate training, the availability of information and technical support for specialists in online education, as well as material and legal support from the university administration.

scholarly journals The foreign-language communicative competence grounds of master course students

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (1 (130)) ◽  
pp. 114-119
Author(s):  
Nataliia Vasylyshyna
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Communicative Competence ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Teaching Methodology ◽  
Higher Education System

The urgency of the problem raised in the article is explained by the increasing demand for qualified specialists who have a good command of a foreign language. The process of modernization of the higher education system in Ukraine under conditions of its intensive development of socio-economic cooperation with other countries causes the actualization of the problems related to the quality of education, which implies the ability of future professionals to perform professional activities in the foreign language environment. Therefore, the training of master course students in foreign languages has become one of the important goals of the modern high school. The relevance of the paper is connected with the modern necessity to master university students’ skills to meet their communicative needs by means of a foreign language in order to compete in the global market. Our period of worldwide globalization has created the vital necessity in master course students who need to present profound skills and abilities in all foreign language activities, such as: listening, speaking, reading and writing. Modern higher education has to comply with new methods, approaches, assessment tools that cater to the English communicative goals of students. Taking into consideration the rate of modern foreign language learning actuality and necessity, we have conducted a scientific research which comprised three parts that dwelled on fulfilling the main purposes as well as the tasks of the survey: the first part dealt with the description of the term “communicative competence” and its components; the second part of the paper was dedicated to figuring out peculiarities of the foreign communicative competence; then the third part of the paper was grounded on the description of the most common set of activities that can be implemented in the contemporary educational process in the framework of higher education. Thus, the research findings have been claimed that the biggest advantages of the communicative foreign language teaching methodology are connected with: its appropriateness in finding the teaching materials as well as providing master course students with active language-based activities according to various forms of tasks given by a university teacher.

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.

Modern technologies of teaching a foreign language in the higher education system.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tat'yana Dmitrenko
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Education System ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Intercultural Communications ◽  
Language Classes ◽  
Modern Technologies

The textbook is devoted to the consideration of modern technologies of teaching foreign languages in the conditions of updating language education in higher education. The article presents modern innovative technologies of teaching foreign languages that contribute to the intensification of the educational process and the activation of educational activities in foreign language classes. It is recommended for students studying for a master's degree — future specialists in the field of intercultural communications.

MOOCs in Higher Education

2021 ◽  
pp. 58-77
Author(s):  
Harsh Vardhan Pant ◽  
Manoj Chandra Lohani ◽  
Jeetendra Pande
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Online Education ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
World Health ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Online Mode ◽  
Indian Higher Education ◽  
Reducing Costs ◽  
Health Organization

Online education has gained a lot of acceptance among the learners in the recent past. The advances in technology and changing demand from students and business as well as the possibility for reducing costs and generating income has led to a MOOC explosion. Over the last years, massive open online courses (MOOCs) have received a great deal of attention from the academic community, business, and the media, especially after the World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared COVID-19 as a pandemic in March 2020. The pandemic has caused educational disruption across the globe. Educational institutes faced with the challenge of maintaining the continuity of learning and were almost forced to switch to the online mode. The seemingly simple and immediate solution is to conduct school remotely using online resources. The aim of this study is to investigate the current trends and prediction with respect to the adoption of MOOCs in the Indian higher education system and identify various influencing factors facilitating this adoption.

scholarly journals Multimedia Technologies as a Means of Increasing the Effectiveness of Professional Training of Future Foreign Language Teachers

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (6 (344)) ◽  
pp. 30-39
Author(s):  
Tetiana Boyko ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Foreign Language Teachers ◽  
Multimedia Technologies

The article highlights the specifics of professional activity of future foreign language teachers, which proves that increasing their competitiveness and reforming the system of general secondary and higher education in Ukraine increase the requirements for professional training of future foreign language teachers. It is stated that in the process of introduction of the latest information technologies in all spheres of activity of educational institutions the problem of formation of their information communicative competence in the process of studying in higher education institutions acquires special significance in the training of future foreign language teachers. The article describes the phenomenon of «multimedia technology» as a computer technology that allows you to flexibly manage the flow of various information. It is emphasized that there is no single approach to this phenomenon. The purpose of this article is to characterize the problem of multimedia technologies as a means of improving the effectiveness of professional training of future foreign language teachers. The author’s research proves that at the present stage the work on the introduction of multimedia in the educational process of higher education is carried out in two directions: the first is that multimedia is included in the educational process as an «aid» using traditional methods of education; the second direction involves changing the content of education, reviewing the methods and forms of organization of the educational process, building holistic courses based on the use of content in certain disciplines of higher education institutions that train future foreign language teachers. The article states that the use of multimedia by applicants for higher education, future teachers of foreign languages and ensuring the systematic use of multimedia technologies should be consistent with the didactic goals of professional training of applicants for higher education in foreign languages.

scholarly journals Investments in higher education and the efficiency of the use of budgetary funds

2021 ◽  
pp. 117-125
Author(s):  
Зина Абдуловна Арсаханова
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Economic Life ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Higher Educational Institutions ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Higher Educational

Система высшего образования России по сравнению с ближайшими соседями демонстрирует высокий уровень моральной и технической отсталости учебного процесса. В России высшие учебные заведения используют устаревшие методы внедрения образовательной деятельности. Эффективность развития современного общества обеспечивается наличием высокого интеллектуального потенциала. Именно поэтому системе учебных заведений нужно уделить немалое внимание, а именно высшим учебным заведениям. Высшие учебные заведения решают важные вопросы по профессиональной подготовке специалистов, обеспечивают общество интеллектуальными ресурсами. Интеллектуализация жизни, в том числе и экономической, предопределяет потребность развития образования. Образование обеспечивает работающих в экономике информацией, знаниями, умениями, интеллектуальным капиталом, поэтому эффективность работы высших учебных заведений чрезвычайно важна и невозможна без достаточного уровня финансового обеспечения. В проекте Стратегии реформирования высшего образования до 2024 г. ключевым для администрирования финансового обеспечения национальной системы высшего образования России был определен вопрос оплаты подготовки соискателей высшего образования. The higher education system of Russia, in comparison with its closest neighbors, demonstrates a high level of moral and technical backwardness of the educational process. In Russia, higher education institutions use outdated methods of implementing educational activities. The effectiveness of the development of modern society is ensured by the presence of high intellectual potential. That is why a lot of attention should be paid to the system of educational institutions, namely higher educational institutions. Higher educational institutions solve important issues of professional training of specialists, provide society with intellectual resources. The intellectualization of life, including economic life, determines the need for the development of education. Education provides those working in the economy with information, knowledge, skills, and intellectual capital, so the efficiency of higher education institutions is extremely important and impossible without a sufficient level of financial support.

scholarly journals Post-Digital World, Pandemic and Higher Education

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Sergeevich Safonov ◽  
Anastasia Vladimirovna Mayakovskaya
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Student Survey ◽  
The Real ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Digital World ◽  
Current State

The article examines the prospects that open up for the implementation of the educational process in higher educational institutions, as well as the problems faced by the modern higher education system in the context of the transition to distance learning caused by the current epidemiological situation in the post-digital world. On the basis of the data from a student survey made during the COVID-19 pandemic, who studied using distance digital technologies, we have analyzed the current state of higher education. Consequently, the authors have concluded that the universities, implementing programs for the digitalization of the educational process and the creation of massive online courses, are actually away from the real social circles of the post-digital society. Given the results, the authors argue that digitalization is not a way to resolve the internal contradictions of higher education. Moreover, digitalization as a goal of higher education somewhat hides the real contradictions of the learning process.

INTEGRATION OF MASS OPEN ONLINE COURSES IN THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS OF A PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY

2020 ◽  
Vol 88 (3) ◽  
pp. 111-123
Author(s):  
Ilia V. Kudinov ◽  
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Gulnara F. Kudinova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Human Life ◽  
A Priori ◽  
Learning Technologies ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Modern World ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Higher Education System

The relevance of the problem stated in the article is due to the fact that the role and functions of higher education institutions is fundamentally changing nowadays. It happens thanks to breakthrough IT solutions in various areas of human life, the development of online learning technologies, and the increased need for fast and highly specialized education. This is primarily due to the demands of the time – the transformation of the modern world economy towards digitalization. The purpose of the work was to obtain objective information about the effectiveness of the use of innovative forms in the educational process of higher education. The implementation of the priority project in the field of education "Modern digital educational environment in the Russian Federation" allowed us to deploy a national Internet platform with the possibility of integrating mass open online courses (MOOCs) into the educational process. This approach has opened up new opportunities for universities to implement online educational programs and use Internet technologies to form individual educational trajectories of students. A priori, the high quality of moocs was declared and, as a result, the high quality of students educational results. However, there were no separate studies on the quality of students' competence formation. The article considers models for organizing the educational process in higher education using mass open online courses, describes the experience of the Bashkir state pedagogical University named after M. Akmulla as a specialized pedagogical university, considers private methods for online and offline training in the higher education system, and presents experimental data on the introduction of online lectures as an element of MOOCs in the educational process of a pedagogical university. The authors as well studied the students' opinions about new forms of education.

The impact of introducing foreign language requirements on the Spanish higher education system: The case of Córdoba University

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio R. Raigón Rodríguez
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Bologna Process ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Foreign Language Requirement ◽  
Language Requirement ◽  
Spanish Higher Education ◽  
The Impact

AbstractThe requirement that students achieve accredited foreign language proficiency at B1 level in order to graduate from university or enrol for some postgraduate courses has prompted changes in language teaching in higher education in Spain. Given the clearly ineffective tuition received at earlier stages of their education, Spanish university students are finding it difficult to meet this new requirement. Society does not see language learning as a priority, and the aforementioned lack of effective teaching places Spaniards in a weak position with regard to language learning. Motivated by the Bologna Process, which seeks to foster the acquisition of multiple skills by students, the B1 requirement comes at the end of students’ education, regardless of what they were actually taught at primary and secondary level. This article examines the perceptions of a group of students enrolled in the master’s degree in secondary teacher training and analyses data on accreditation in general in order to draw relevant conclusions. The article focuses particularly on the options chosen by students at the University of Córdoba in order to meet the new foreign language requirement, and more specifically on the role played by the university’s language centre. Data was collected through a survey based on a validated

scholarly journals Modern approaches to the organization of lawyers’ training in Ukraine

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yarosh Anna ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Legal Education ◽  
Legal Protection ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Practical Training

The article is devoted to the analysis of modern approaches to the organization of the educational process, which would contribute to the formation of a category of lawyers with the necessary knowledge and are capable of preparing and implementing reforms in the political and legal system of their state. It is determined that modern legal education poses its own requirements to the applicant, namely to be a comprehensively developed, independent, self-sufficient person, guided in life by his own knowledge and beliefs, in this regard, the issue of professional training of a modern lawyer, which could withstand modern challenges, becomes especially relevant. It is noted that the training of the future lawyer should be aimed at forming a versatile specialist (lawyer), ready to fulfill a complex set of modern practical tasks for the legal protection of the rights, freedoms and legitimate interests of a person and citizen. On this basis, the training of future lawyers should take into account modern approaches to the educational process. The most important of them are analyzed on the example of the National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine (hereinafter - NULES of Ukraine). First, the quality of specialists’ training substantially depends on quality of teaching subject matters which is defined by providing applicants with the corresponding training material (modern qualitative textbooks, manuals, study guides, didactic materials, etc.). And most importantly - the use of computer technology, electronic educational resources, with the help of which the interaction of the sphere of higher education with other spheres of life of society is ensured. Of course, modern ICTs increase the efficiency of the educational process, open the possibility of introducing completely new methods of teaching and learning. However, the implications of the growing importance of ICT in general, and the Internet in particular, should also be taken into account. The use of modern ICTs has become an integral part of the educational process of NULES of Ukraine during the Covid-19 pandemic. Secondly, taking into account modern trends in the field of education, the training of future lawyers should not ignore one of the most important indicators of the quality of higher legal education - the use of a foreign language in the educational process, in particular English. In particular, the NULES of Ukraine provides teaching in English of certain legal disciplines for applicants for higher education of the first (bachelor's) level. Thirdly, the training of a lawyer should be not only theoretical, but also practical. Practical training of a lawyer involves work during practical classes, internships in enterprises, institutions and organizations, self-training by independently performing certain tasks. However, it is worth highlighting another form of practical component of the training of future lawyers - these are legal clinics. To date, such a form of specialists’ practical training in the field of law has been effectively introduced into the educational process of higher educational institutions of Ukraine of the III-IV levels of accreditation. NULES of Ukraine is no exception. The Legal Clinic «Protection and Justice» operates on the basis of the Department of International Law and Comparative Law. It is proved that the quality of specialists’ training in the field of law depends on many factors (the use of modern ICT in the educational process, electronic educational resources, the possibilities of foreign languages in teaching legal disciplines, etc.). However, to a large extent, the quality of training depends on the practical component of the educational process, and therefore special attention should be paid to this component. Keywords: legal education, a lawyer, modern approaches, educational process, lawyers’ training, distance education, foreign language, legal clinic

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