scholarly journals Foreign Language Learning at a Technical University in the Modern Period

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 139
Author(s):  
Margarita Ivkina ◽  
Lyudmila Merkulova ◽  
Olga Martynova
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Learning System ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Self Development ◽  
Foreign Language Proficiency ◽  
Technical University

Abstract Introduction. The article is devoted to the problems of the foreign language learning at a technical university. The theoretical importance of the research is in the analysis of the existing language learning system at a technical university in light of a modern engineer’s professional activity model’s change. Grounding of certain corrections in the language learning system also provides the theoretical importance of the research. The practical importance of our research is in the modification of the existing language learning system based on the environmental and activity approaches. Materials and Methods. While carrying out the research we used a complex of methods; that is: literature analysis, empiric and praxymetric methods, and a modeling method. Results. 4 main types of an engineer’s professional activity are defined in the engineer’s activity model. These types correspond to the main activity types by M.S. Kagan’s concept – value-motivating, cognitive, reorganizing and communicative activities. An engineer’s activity results analysis led to discovering new features in the engineer’s personality structure lying in the communicative competence role increase. It was also found out that successfulness becomes a link between value-motivating and communicative activities. Consequently, we have made a conclusion on the increasing demands to the students’, masters’, post-graduates’ and academic researches’ language proficiency. Foreign language proficiency should provide for the ability to participate in the international conferences, to attend foreign professors’ lectures, and to take part in the students’ exchange programs. All of the above presupposes rather high foreign language proficiency and requires a foreign language learning system creation. The authors analyzed language learning courses at a technical university and carried out a post-graduates’ survey. As a result, lack of syllabuses being able to fill in the gaps in language proficiency and to support speech skills was found out. Basing on the conclusions mentioned above an extra multi-purpose and multi-level structure syllabus was worked out. This syllabus allowed to solve the existing programs, to increase foreign language learning and general learning motivation, to create conditions for self-development and self-realization in the professional activity. The article also describes in detail a foreign language learning system developed by the Department of Foreign Languages and Russian as a Second Language in the general learning environment of a technical university, which acquires for the modernization and reaching the education level corresponding to the leading universities’ level. Conclusion. The learning environment created by the Department of Foreign Languages and Russian as a Second Language of Samara National Research University named after academician S.P. Korolyov and including a compulsory language learning system and a system of extra language learning courses provides for the students’ individual needs in foreign language proficiency satisfaction at various levels. It also provides for their intellectual and moral self-development.

scholarly journals Machine Translation in Foreign Language Learning Classroom-Learners’ Indiscriminate Use or Instructors’ Discriminate Stance

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Xiaomin Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Machine Translation ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Curriculum Design ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Technology Tools ◽  
Holistic Understanding ◽  
Self Development

The use of machine translation (MT) tools in language learning classroom is now omnipresent, which raises a dilemma for instructors because of two issues, language proficiency and academic integrity, caused by that fact. However, with the unstoppable development and irresistible use of MT in language learning, rather than entangling with using it or banning it, it is more significant to figure out why learners turn to MT in spite of the prohibition from their instructors and how can instructors guide learners to use it appropriately. Consequently, this paper reviews articles with regard to the reason why learners turn to MT, the practical use of MT in learners’ writing, and some pedagogical solutions for making peace with MT in language learning classroom respectively. Implications can be garnered like that a course for learners of how to use MT tools properly should be included in the curriculum design, and simultaneously, the holistic understanding of these overwhelmingly fast-developed technology tools for instructors should be a part of teachers’ self-development, since instructors without knowledge said technology tools can not fully motivate language learners and implement the pedagogical solutions offered.

scholarly journals COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE DEVELOPMENT AMONG STUDENTS OF NON-LINGUISTIC UNIVERSITIES WITH THE HELP OF TBLT APPROACH IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE LESSONS

2021 ◽  
pp. 409-414
Author(s):  
Svitlana Nykyporets ◽  
Nataliia Hadaichuk
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Communicative Competence ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Competence Development ◽  
Low Level ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Foreign Language Proficiency

The article contains a comparative analysis of PPP and TBLT approaches to the foreign language learning including the detailed description of the main stages of teaching and lessons planning in the framework of each approach; the advantages and disadvantages of both approaches are also considered in the article. It is also emphasized that using TBLT approach in groups of students from non-linguistic universities with a low level of foreign language proficiency (A2) is rather difficult. In such situations authors recommend considering the traditional PPP method, which allows practicing and fixing the necessary speech patterns.

Integrating content and foreign language learning

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Lasagabaster
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Content Learning ◽  
Organizational Conditions ◽  
Foreign Language Proficiency

Content and language integrated learning (CLIL) programmes have recently gained momentum in many European countries in the belief that students will significantly improve their foreign language proficiency while content learning is not negatively affected. Based on a longitudinal qualitative approach, this article focuses on students’ reflections on their experience with CLIL. Previous studies have shown that students are able to reflect on organizational conditions and their learning process, while their reflections allow researchers to identify some of the key elements in students’ beliefs. Through focus groups carried out over a three-year period, this study gathers secondary education students’ reflections on their motivational stance, the CLIL experience, and the use of their linguistic repertoire in the CLIL classroom. By tapping into students’ language beliefs, reflections, and motivation, a clearer picture of CLIL settings will be available by bringing to light both the strengths and weaknesses of these programmes.

Pedagogical stylistics in multiple foreign language and second language contexts: A synthesis of empirical research

2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary G Fogal
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Empirical Support ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Literary Texts ◽  
Language Awareness ◽  
L2 Acquisition ◽  
Foreign Language Proficiency

This article examines the efficacy of pedagogical stylistics as a learning tool for developing second or foreign language proficiency. Pedagogical stylistics – an instrument for investigating the linguistic, sociocultural and dialogic features inherent in literary and non-literary texts – has often been criticized for relying too heavily on intuition rather than empirical support to substantiate its employment in language learning classrooms. To better understand this criticism a coding framework adapted from previous research was employed to synthesize 13 studies across four, second or foreign languages in nine countries. Three themes emerged from this synthesis: (1) stylistics as a tool for improving L2 performance; (2) stylistics’ contribution to building language awareness; (3) stylistics as a tool for building academic skills beyond L2 acquisition. This work explores these themes and discusses the research practices informing the claims made therein, highlighting a consistent underreporting or under collecting of data as a recurring problem in the literature. This shortcoming precludes a meta-analysis of the literature, and this article argues that this shortcoming contributes to a justifiably weak representation of stylistics in second or foreign language contexts. To rectify this issue suggestions are made for more thorough reporting of data and a more robust research agenda in second or foreign language-based, stylistic contexts.

scholarly journals Persepsi Mahasiswa Terhadap Proses Pembelajaran Kemahiran Bahasa

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 297
Author(s):  
Faisal Hendra
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Evaluation Process ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Teaching Methodologies ◽  
Teaching Aids ◽  
Five Elements

<p><em>Abstrak</em><strong> - Keberhasilan penerapan kurikulum pembelajaran bahasa asing diperguruan tinggi harus didukung dengan kemampuan profesional pendidik dan lembaga pendidikan mengawal pelaksanaan lima unsur yang ada dalam kurikulum. Kelima unsur ini adalah: tujuan yang ingin dicapai dalam pengajaran bahasa asing, bahan ajar yang digunakan, metodelogi penganjaran yang dipakai oleh dosen, alat bantu pengajaran yang mendukung proses pembelajaran bahasa dan yang terakhir proses evaluasi yang digunakan dosen dalam menentukan sejauhmana keberhasilan pembelajaran bahasa asing yang dipelajari. Keseimbangan lima unsur dalam pembelajaran bahasa asing di Fakultas Sastra, Universitas Al Azhar Indonesia menjadi satu keharusan untuk diterapkan. Dari hasil penelitian ini didapatkan data bahwa lima unsur kurikulum dalam pengajaran bahasa asing di Fakultas Sastra sudah dilaksanakan dengan baik walaupun dibeberapa sisi masih perlu untuk ditingkatkan lagi. Untuk mengembangkan kurikulum dan meningkatkan proses pembelajaran kemahiran berbahasa asing di Fakultas Sastra, Universitas Al Azhar Indonesia kedepannya, maka penelitian ini dilakukan.</strong></p><p><em><strong>Kata kunci:</strong> persepsi, mahasiswa, proses pembelajarn, kemahiran berbahasa</em></p><p><em>Abstract</em><strong> - The success of the curriculum of foreign language implementation at a University level should be supported by the educator’s professional skills and educational institutions itself that supports the implementation of the five elements in the curriculum. These five elements are: the goal in teaching foreign languages, the teaching materials, the teaching methodologies used by lecturers, the teaching aids that support the process of language learning and finally, the evaluation process used by lecturers in determining how far the success of the foreign language learning studied has achieved. The balance of these five elements in foreign language learning at the Faculty of Letters, Al Azhar University of Indonesia becomes a must to apply. From the results, this study obtained data that the five elements of the curriculum in the teaching of foreign languages in the Faculty of Letters has been implemented well, although some areas still need a lot of improvement. To develop the curriculum and improve the process of learning foreign language proficiency in the Faculty of Letters, Al Azhar University of Indonesia in the future, this research is conducted.</strong></p><p><em><strong>Keywords</strong>: perception, student, learning process, language proficiency</em></p>

scholarly journals Fostering Tertiary Student Professional Mobility Skills via Convergence of the Professional Training and Foreign Language Learning

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 1919-1936
Author(s):  
Valentyna I. ◽  
Elvira V. ◽  
Tetiana S. ◽  
Larysa H. ◽  
Olena O.
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Professional Mobility ◽  
Foreign Language Proficiency ◽  
Professional Field ◽  
Mobility Skills ◽  
Experimental Group

<p style="text-align: justify;">The purpose of the study was to identify how the instructional model that converges professional training and foreign language learning can influence the students’ professional mobility and students’ readiness to build their careers. The study used the methods of a quantitative kind for the evaluation study and descriptive research. The variables for the study were as follows: levels of student professional mobility skills proficiency that included students’ competence in their professional field, foreign language proficiency, students’ networking skills, personality qualities, and sampled students’ satisfaction with the reshaped course. The field phase of the study found that the Erasmus and Work-and-Travel programmes contributed to the former students’ adaptability and flexibility, the experience of work abroad, and practical specialism-related experience gained during study. The students developed their abilities to project a positive social image, ability to build and maintain relationships, foreign language proficiency, proficiency in presenting and negotiating, and theoretical knowledge. The English Language-delivered Professional Mobility course brought shifts in the levels of students’ professional mobility skills. The experimental group students reported that they improved their competence in their professional field, foreign language proficiency, networking skills, and personality qualities. The experimental group students’ judgements concerning the quality of the course were complimentary.</p>

scholarly journals Crossing the bridge to literacy in foreign languages: C-test as a measure of language development

Multilingua ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ingrid Gogolin ◽  
Birger Schnoor ◽  
Irina Usanova
Keyword(s):  
Language Development ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Language Skills ◽  
Panel Study ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
School Students

Abstract Throughout an educational career, literacy skills become more elaborated. However, little is known about the development of reading and writing skills in foreign languages in adolescents. In this contribution, we focused on the development of language skills in the foreign languages English and French in Germany as measured by a C-Test. Hereby, we aimed to explore the potential of C-tests to provide a differentiated approach to the assessment of foreign language development in secondary school students. We draw on the data from the German panel study “Multilingual Development: a Longitudinal Perspective” (MEZ) on students’ language skills in the foreign languages English (n = 1987) and French (n = 662). We investigated the differences in the means of “classical” and “word recognition” scores in English and French C-tests and the development of these differences. The application of both scores in our study provided differentiated information on students’ receptive and productive aspects of literacy in adolescents and showed that students in secondary school are still on their way of developing spelling skills in both foreign languages. Furthermore, our results reveal that the receptive and productive components of language proficiency show different developmental patterns at various stages of foreign language learning.

scholarly journals PЕАЛІЗАЦІЯ ІНДИВІДУАЛЬНОГО ПІДХОДУ В ПРОЦЕСІ САМОСТІЙНОЇ РОБОТИ СТУДЕНТІВ НЕМОВНИХ ЗАКЛАДІВ ВИЩОЇ ОСВІТИ

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 297-304
Author(s):  
L. TERNAVSKA ◽  
◽  
R. KELEMBET ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Practical Knowledge ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Independent Work ◽  
Practice Of Teaching

The article is deals with the search for effective ways to organize independent work of students of non-language educational institutions. The author notes that the modernization of national education requires consideration of integration processes in European and world education. In this regard, it is necessary to ensure a modern attitude to educational standards, change the content of education, make adjustments to the direction of the educational process, approve a personality-oriented pedagogical system, introduce innovative teaching methods. The main purpose of teaching foreign languages in higher non-language institutions is to prepare specialists for practical knowledge of a foreign professionally oriented language. Mastering a foreign language is considered as the acquisition by students of communicative competence for practical use of a foreign language, namely: work with relevant foreign literature on the specialty, participate in conversation and international conferences, write articles in a foreign language, correspond with foreign partners. The main goals of students' individualization of foreign language learning include the following: filling gaps in the level of foreign language proficiency and timely elimination of the gap; development of intellectual outlook, mental qualities of the personality of students who play a leading role in mastering foreign language speech; formation of an individual style of mastering a foreign language; creating a positive emotional background of the educational process. In the context of an individually oriented approach to teaching foreign languages in the theory and practice of teaching, the concepts of autonomous learning stand out. Studies of the theory and practice of teaching a foreign language to students show that the introduction into the educational process of three main types of different types of independent work (copying, reproducing and creative) is quite appropriate. Key words: foreign language, independent work, individual approach, globalization.

scholarly journals Current Methods for Assessing the Level of Foreign Language Proficiency of University Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (10) ◽  
pp. 304-322
Author(s):  
Nataliia S Ivasiv ◽  
Mariya S Kozolup ◽  
Olena V Oleniuk ◽  
Nataliia V Rubel ◽  
Nataliya Y Skiba
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Semantic Analysis ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Computer Programs ◽  
Diagnostic Methods ◽  
Foreign Language Proficiency ◽  
Different Content ◽  
Experimental Stage

The associative technique is a traditional method to estimate a student’s foreign language proficiency. The aim of this article is to review the current methods for monitoring and assessing the level of foreign language proficiency of students; the arguments in favour of choosing the associative method of testing for knowledge of lexical semantics; and how assessments are conducted using this method through an associative experiment. The article is based on semantic analysis and field construction of the associative concept at the post-experimental stage. The experiment involved two groups of Ukrainian-speaking students studying German as a foreign language. Each group (control and experimental) consisted of 20 people. The results demonstrate that the assessment of the students’ linguistic and communicative competencies requires consideration of parameters in multiple aspects: paradigmatic, syntactic, syntagmatic relations; knowledge of typical idiomatic and phraseological correlations and all possible logical-associative relations. The experiment revealed shortcomings to include: contamination; weak knowledge of phraseology and moderate ability to establish logical relationships. In order to avoid the above shortcomings, there is a need to use associative experiment in foreign language learning and computer programs to achieve traditional associative learning methods. Lexical-semantic concept analysis revealed different content for semi-peripheral, peripheral and extreme peripheral zones. The article also outlines further promising areas of research, including psycholinguistic and metalinguistic ones. The research is potentially useful for the development of didactic computer programs, for the improvement of associative diagnostic methods in foreign language teaching, etc.

scholarly journals RELATION OF EXTRAVERSION/INTROVERSION AND FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY IN THE EFL CLASSROOM

2020 ◽  
Vol XI (33) ◽  
pp. 253-266
Author(s):  
Biljana Radić-Bojanić
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
English Language ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Second Grade ◽  
Final Grade ◽  
Second Grade Students ◽  
Foreign Language Proficiency ◽  
Novi Sad

Due to the fact that extraverted and introverted personalities are rather different, especially in the context of foreign language learning, teachers and learners often believe that these two personality types have different learning habits and require different learning environments. Moreover, teachers and learners often believe that extraverts are more successful at foreign language learning because they easily communicate in the foreign language and overcome their anxiety without much difficulty. For that reason we aim to determine whether there is a difference between extraverted and introverted students in terms of their foreign language proficiency and in order to establish that we rely on the EPQR-S to determine the students’ personality type and the final grade from the previous semester, the grade from the previous English test and the score from the Language and Skills Test to determine the participants’ foreign language proficiency. The participants who took part in this research were N=60 first and second grade students from a medical high school in Novi Sad aged 15 to 17. The results from this research were analyzed quantitatively and, based on the results, we can conclude that introverts are slightly more proficient than extraverted students, but taking into consideration the manner of assessment of English language proficiency, this result must be taken with caution and serves as an indicator of deeper issues that point to the need for a relatively individualized classroom approach in which teachers pay attention to their students’ personality and modify their approach to learning and assessment accordingly.

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