ON THE PROBLEM OF ADJUSTMENT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNING PROCESS AT UNIVERSITIES TO THE NEEDS OF ETHNIC MINORITIES OF UKRAINE UNDER THE CONDITIONS OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Abstract

The research focuses on substantiating the necessity of adjusting the process of teaching and learning a foreign language at universities to the needs of ethnic minorities under the conditions of online training, introduced due to the Covid-19 pandemic. We have studied a new role of a foreign language university teacher working with ethnic minority students, which is relevant for Transcarpathia, in particular, as a multiethnic region of Ukraine. In our research, we have used the method of analogical reasoning, communicative, social and psychological one, methods of observation, content analysis, personality study, sociometry, role behaviour study etc. The materials studied in the course of our research allow us to draw the following conclusions. We believe that, under the present conditions of providing educational services online, only the search for new forms and methods of teaching as well as new lesson content will contribute to the implementation of an effective personality-oriented approach in a foreign language learning process. On the one hand, a modern teacher must not only have excellent pedagogical skills, but also be familiar with the latest online teaching technologies, it is impossible to imagine a full-fledged educational process without. Accordingly, the syllabi need to be updated, taking into account the requirements of the time and the experience gained. On the other hand, students can form their own electronic databases for learning and improving their foreign language skills, in particular, use literature in their native languages, which might become an impetus and a motivation for ethnic minority students to learn foreign languages with greater enthusiasm.