scholarly journals Positive Emotion Regulations Among English as a Foreign Language Teachers During COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongdan Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Emotional Regulation ◽  
Positive Emotions ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Foreign Language Education ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Foreign Language Teachers ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Online Mode ◽  
Electronic Delivery

As the cores of education, teachers’ emotions have a critical place in academia. However, the power of EFL (English as a foreign language) teachers’ positive emotions and their regulation in online mode of instruction have been ignored by scholars. With the rapid shift of education from face-to-face to remote/electronic delivery, many challenges and emotional problems emerged among teachers and learners worldwide. This entailed the necessity of considering and planning for emotional regulation to generate positive outcomes. To provide a roadmap for this line of research, the present mini-review article presented the theoretical and empirical underpinnings of emotion regulation, its origins and definitions, as well as outcomes for second/foreign language education. The study also presents some implications for EFL teachers, teacher trainers, and avid scholars of this area of research pinpointing the current yawning gaps.

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 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.

scholarly journals Axiological Aspects of the Implementation of Russian Language Policy in Professional and Methodological Training of Foreign Language Teachers

2019 ◽  
pp. 32-43
Author(s):  
A.V. Malev ◽  
S.V. Chernyshov
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Policy ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Foreign Language Education ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Foreign Language Teachers ◽  
Normative Documents ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
Cultural Concepts

The article considers the language as the value of human existence and ethno-cultural society, which determines the importance and significance of language policy of states. The article reflects the main directions of the language policy in Russia with reference to the fundamental normative documents in this area, describes the conditions for the successful language policy in the field of foreign language education. The article presents the survey results among the students of Moscow Pedagogical State University, studying in the direction of training 44.03.01 “Pedagogical education”, which allowed to identify the degree of readiness of the students to implement the Russian language policy in their future professional activities. In conclusion, the authors propose to highlight the basic linguistic and cultural concepts in professional and methodological training of foreign language teachers and the main axiological guidelines at each level of higher education, ensuring the full implementation of language policy in foreign language education in Russia.

The conceptual-technological model of formation of future foreign language teachers’ awareness of the monitoring activity

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 24-39
Author(s):  
Ірина РОЖЕЛЮК ◽  
Наталія НАГОРНА ◽  
Ірина АНДРЕЙКОВА
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Foreign Language Education ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Foreign Language Teachers ◽  
New Development ◽  
Educational Tests ◽  
Monitoring Activity

This article is devoted to the elucidation of the essence and results of a pedagogical experiment focused on the formation of future foreign language teachers’ awareness for monitoring activity. The pedagogical conditions which are believed to enhance the effectiveness of the process in question, - have been revealed therein. Among the said conditions, the following ones have been determined as leading: the intensification of the role of the pedagogical monitoring and organization of relevant pedagogical educational researchbased activities within the framework of pedagogical disciplines studied; the support of professional development of a teacher as the participant, organizer and facilitator of quality foreign language education and multi-cultural upbringing. Based on of the above-mentioned pedagogical conditions a conceptual model named “Formation of Future Foreign Language Teachers’ Awareness for Monitoring Activity in the Process of Their Professional Training” has been elaborated. The said model functions as a unity of the following components: motivational, didactic-strategic, organizational, content-technological, evaluative. The results of this model’s approbation in the process of the pedagogical experiment carried out have proved its high effectiveness. Furthermore, we have been able of revealing the essence of future foreign language teachers' awareness for monitoring activity being an important professional new development of their personality as consciously acting organizers, dispatchers and facilitators of quality foreign language teaching, deemed important for the future teachers' capability to plan, implement, correct and assess the results achieved during relevant educational tests carried out.

scholarly journals Professional Training of Foreign Language Teachers in the USA: Based on the Experience of Lewis University

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 76-82
Author(s):  
Maryna Ikonnikova
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Foreign Language Education ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Foreign Language Teachers ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Language Students ◽  
Foreign Language Students

Abstract The paper deals with professional training of future foreign language teachers in the USA based on the experience of Lewis University. As evidenced by research findings, the scope of foreign language education in the USA is rather broad, since they attempt to promote both traditional and critical languages in the context of developing translingual and transcultural competences. Based on the example of Lewis University, we have characterized professional training of future foreign language teachers, who major in the Spanish language. The obtained results prove that the programme content is extremely practice-oriented and designed to fulfill personal needs of every student; the programme curriculum is not overwhelmed with theoretical paradigms and foreign language students can participate in different activities and fully comprehend the realities of schools and the education process. It has been found that while mastering the programme, they are able to acquire the professional knowledge, skills and abilities they will definitely need in practice. The positive aspects of Lewis University’s foreign language education programme have been determined. They are the following: practice-oriented approach to professional training of future foreign language teachers; an optimal selection of professional education courses and electives, as well as effective clinical practice; the assessment and evaluation of foreign language students’ results during and after undergoing clinical practice from different perspectives, namely, organization, content, specifics; the implementation of the inclusive education component into the content of the programme curriculum; the fulfillment of different personal, learning and occupational needs of future foreign language students. It has been concluded that the outlined positive aspects of American experience in providing professional training of future foreign language teachers based on the experience of Lewis University can be implemented into the system of foreign language education in Ukraine in order to enhance quality and efficiency of these specialists’ training at Ukrainian higher education institutions.

scholarly journals Axiological aspects of foreign language teachers’ preparation for primary foreign language education

2021 ◽  
Vol 284 ◽  
pp. 08010
Author(s):  
Natalya Galskova ◽  
Zinaida Nikitenko
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Foreign Language Education ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Foreign Language Teachers ◽  
Language Teacher ◽  
Developmental Potential ◽  
History Of ◽  
Spiritual Ability

The article outlines axiological basis of professional training of English teachers, capable to develop communicative, cognitive and moral development of junior schoolchildren when they master a new language and facts from a different culture. The article refers both to the history of methodological research, in which the issues of the formation of professionally significant skills of a foreign language teacher were studied, and to the modern problems of the formation of the teacher’s personality and his readiness for pedagogical activity. The article examines linguistic values and substantiates a new goal of professional training of a future foreign language teacher for the primary stage of secondary school, taking into account the priority of his spiritual ability and recognition of professionalism as its fundamental characteristic. The authors associate the formation of professionalism with the disclosure of the personal potential of the future teacher, which is an integrative phenomenon, the components of which are the basis for determining the new content of teacher training as a person capable of realizing the educational and developmental potential of primary foreign language education.

scholarly journals Humor competence in English as a second or foreign language

2021 ◽  
pp. 91-102
Author(s):  
Maria Petkova
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Foreign Language Education ◽  
Cultural Knowledge ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Foreign Language Teachers ◽  
Cultural Divide ◽  
Competency Training ◽  
Different Cultures

Developing humor competence in a second or foreign language is difficult, but it is very important for successful intercultural communication. The nature of humor and its sociocultural functions make humor competence one of the last hurdles even advanced language learners often struggle to overcome. Since types of humor and attitudes towards joking are different in different cultures and humor comprehension requires a complex combination of linguistic and cultural knowledge, second or foreign language teachers need to help their students with this often-neglected area of pragmatics. In social, academic, and professional settings, humor can relieve tension, exert social control, and enhance social cohesion, delineating who belongs or does not belong in a particular group. As humor can function both as a cultural divide and a unifying factor, the time has come to include some type of humor competency training in second or foreign language education. Based on humor research and research in teaching English as a second or foreign language, more and more educators are beginning to experiment with, document, and evaluate the results of various strategies and approaches to teaching with and about humor in English.

Foreign Language Teachers and Intercultural Competence Teaching. Are they in Favour or Against It? Results from an International Investigation

2006 ◽  
Vol 151 ◽  
pp. 15-31
Author(s):  
Lies Sercu
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Intercultural Competence ◽  
International Research ◽  
Communicative Competence ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Foreign Language Education ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Intercultural Communicative Competence ◽  
Foreign Language Teachers ◽  
Teaching In Foreign Language

Foreign language curricula now frequently require foreign language teachers to integrate intercultural competence teaching in foreign language education. This study's objective was to investigate whether and to what extent foreign language teachers support this new objective. To that aim, an international research design was developed, involving teachers in Belgium, Bulgaria, Greece, Mexico, Poland, Spain and Sweden. Our findings suggest that the larger part of the teachers who participated in our study are clearly willing to teach intercultural communicative competence (icc) in their classrooms, but that this overall positive disposition is conditioned by a number of convictions regarding the best way to teach ICC. In addition, we found that, despite differences in national teaching circumstances, teachers in different countries share a number of these convictions.

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.

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