Abstract
Innovative development of mining regions is undoubtedly determined by efficient specialists in mining engineering, ecology and natural resources management. Due to close integration and economic relations of Kemerovo Region, a leading mining region in Russia, with the adjacent states of Central Asia many young people from Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan have chosen Kemerovo Region universities to get higher education necessary to develop mining industry in their native countries. Taking higher education courses there they are to study English via Russian as an intermediate language, both languages being foreign to them. To assist themselves in studying the subject, international students from Central Asia use a “crossover” translation technique by means of machine translation at EFL lessons. The assessment of the technique has been carried out and some advice is given to both international students from Central Asia and teachers of EFL. Practical value of the “crossover” translation technique promotes training efficient specialists for mining industry capable to learn and apply advanced technologies for innovative development of Central Asia mining regions.
Highlights
Innovative development of mining regions is undoubtedly determined by efficient specialists in mining engineering, ecology and natural resources management
Kemerovo Region universities are steadily strengthening their position in the international education market, offering a wide choice of higher education courses in perspective and relevant specialties in mining industry, ecology, and environmental management for international students from Central Asia mining regions in Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan
Russian is a foreign language for international students from Central Asia and some of them have poor proficiency in it. This fact leads to additional difficulties in acquiring English language competence since all international students at Kemerovo State University have to study English via Russian as intermediate language
Summary
Kemerovo Region universities are steadily strengthening their position in the international education market, offering a wide choice of higher education courses in perspective and relevant specialties in mining industry, ecology, and environmental management for international students from Central Asia mining regions in Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan. The international students from Central Asia are not Russians by their ethnicity – they are Tajiks, Kyrgyz, Uzbeks, Turkmens, Tatars. Taking Bachelor’s, Specialist’s, and Master’s courses provided by Kemerovo State University (KemSU), the leading university of the region, international students need to study a subject “English as a Foreign Language (EFL)”. The purpose of the higher education course of EFL is to train students for its direct practical use in their future professional activity in oral and written business communication as well as interpersonal and cross-cultural contacts.
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