The Methodology of Development of Electronic Educational Resources for Learning of General Scientific Disciplines in Non-native Language

Abstract

The paper analyzes the problems of the development and application of e-learning materials on general scientific disciplines adapted for teaching in their native language. Traditional educational resources for teaching in the native language do not correspond to the pedagogical conditions for teaching foreign students in mixed groups. Learning texts for teaching in a non-native language must be adapted to specific requirements in didactic, linguistic, and cognitive aspects. To teach students general scientific discipline in Russian as a foreign language, it is proposed to develop training materials based on the following recommendations: (1) to create a package of laboratory work that ensures an adequate level of competence formation; in the content of each work, select 2–3 advanced tasks aimed at the formation of important knowledge/skills, and 1–2 independent tasks for strengthening/expanding skills; (2) texts of educational and methodological materials should be compiled in a concise form, in functional styles that are reasonable for the subject content and limited in quantitative terms; (3) accompany the guidelines for performing laboratory work with step-by-step screenshots with methodical visual prompts; (4) duplicate screencasts to describe part of the training; and (5) methodically show screenshots—add comments or subtitles in Russian and middle languages, select mouse clicks, and display the cursor path. Educational and cognitive activity using the developed materials can be carried out by students in conditions of reducing the impact of the language barrier on the result.