Abstract
The aim of the study is to analyse the educational means facilitating the development of the linguocultural competence within the academic environment in Ukraine under conditions of the coronavirus pandemic. About 60 senior students and 15 university instructors giving classes in English and Chinese participated in the research. The research methodology is based on analytical and practical analyses of the normative documents facilitating the correlation of foreign language education standards in Ukraine, Europe and China; interviewing; observation (within the experimental study/training). The results show that all students and instructors admitted the importance of culture-related issues in the process of teaching and learning languages; 99% of the teaching staff and 75% of the students chose a more detailed content of culture-related issues to be taught/learnt; 80% of instructors and 78% of the students highlighted the importance of organising culture-related events. The research results show that it is crucial to accomplish a balanced integration of language and culture in the teaching process. Teachers should clearly understand what cultural information is significant and how to make efficient use of it by applying digital resources. The key issues teachers should pay attention to are the evaluation of cultural information, its accessibility and the most efficient ways to present it to students.
Highlights
The issue regarding the development of university students’ linguocultural competence is always topical and determined by the international liaisons between Ukraine and other countries of the world
Our results are in a line with Mora et al (2016) findings that let us consider the students’ linguocultural competence from different perspectives as a unity of theoretical and practical readiness of a student to carry out profession-oriented activities; the students’ ability to use integrated in-depth linguistic and sociocultural knowledge combined with profession-relevant skills in profession-related activities and intercultural communication; a quality of a bilingual/multilingual person, which ensures his/her physical, mental and spiritual compliance with the requirements of a speciality, qualification standards of his/her profession
We can share our experience in using alternative forms, means and methods which could facilitate the development of linguocultural competence under conditions of coronavirus pandemic COVID-19
Summary
The issue regarding the development of university students’ linguocultural competence is always topical and determined by the international liaisons between Ukraine and other countries of the world This raises the need in the training of highly qualified specialists who can use expertly their foreign language skills in particular profession-related spheres and demonstrate their cultural proficiency in order to maintain constructive relationships with partner states. The developing multipolar cross-cultural relations between Ukraine and both European and oriental countries substantiate the necessity to fit methodological support and the concurrent coronavirus pandemic conditions for effective university training aimed at the students majoring in foreign languages (English, Chinese, in particular) in the framework of the education standards as well as modern inter-governmental cooperation vectors. Considering the abovementioned, we intend to analyse the following issues: specificities of university students’ linguocultural competence both in overseas countries and Ukraine; difficulties encountered while developing the competence under study within the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19); the structure of the linguocultural competence and assessment criteria for students’ academic success in this regard; teaching/learning problems and suggestions (culture-targeted training in a foreign language; keeping to local culture-related specificities, requirements and traditions; the need in teachers’ advanced training in culture-centred aspects); results and discussions concerning approaches to developing university students’ linguocultural competence under the conditions of COVID-19 pandemic
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