Foreign language as a special subject for creation of activity simula-tions

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to substantiate the important characteristics of a foreign language as an educational subject for the creation of special problem situations that contribute to the effective assimilation of foreign language material. The specific objectives include: to analyze types of activity simulations used in the English language classroom; to conduct teachers survey and to reveal the peculiarities of using activity simulations; to develop the algorithm of using activity simulations in the English language classroom. During the educational research we use the following methods: literature review, open-ended survey, observation, content analysis, interview. The research was conducted in the first semester of 2022-2023 academic year and involved 156 teachers of English language of different higher educational institutions throughout the country. The findings showed that brainstorming, education discussion, round table, project-based technology, analysis of real-life situations, and simulation exercise are used most effective in the process of teaching a foreign language. They bring a number of advantages like engagement of students, formation of real-life experience, language practice, improvement of communication, improvement of collaboration, efficient organization of individualized learning, and motivation enhancement.. The research resulted in elaboration of recommendations for the teaching staff of higher educational institutions to use activity simulations in the classroom.