Increasing the interest of students of philology in physical education classes by means of specially selected moving games

Abstract

The basis of teaching and educating students youth is the learning process, which should be organized so that it was quite difficult and interesting, but not overload the young organism. Today, in the conditions of transfer of physical education classes in some higher education institutions to the optional form of classes without significant levers of control and assessment of student‟s skills and abilities, the issue of students' interest in physical activity in universities is becoming increasingly important. According to the results of our survey, rating types of physical activity for modern students were established. The received list testifies to need of adjustment of the maintenance of educational programs and plans on a subject of physical education. The top five physical activities among students included stretching, Pilates, gymnastics and acrobatics, swimming and sports games.
 The study involved 124 students of the Faculty of Foreign Philology, who studied in 1-3 courses of the university. 3 experimental and 3 control groups were formed (one in each course). The pedagogical experiment consisted in filling the content of physical education classes with moving games, in which students had to apply their acquired knowledge of foreign languages (English), implement and test in practice non-standard methods of learning and improving a foreign language. The results of our pedagogical experiment show that integrated classes on physical education and learning foreign languages with the improvement of practical skills of their application increase the interest of students of philology to physical activity.