Foreign Language Training Research Articles

PEDAGOGICAL CONDITIONS OF USING MULTIMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PROCESS OF TEACHING ENGLISH AT A NON-LANGUAGE UNIVERSITY UNDER THE CONDITIONS OF DISTANCE LEARNING

Abstract: the article deals with the pedagogical conditions of using multimedia technologies in the process of distance learning of English for students of non-language higher educational institutions. The analysis of scientific sources on the study of the use of computer tools in the process of distance learning of a foreign language is carried out. The effectiveness of modern multimedia technologies in teaching English is substantiated and multimedia tools that significantly increase students' motivation and, as a result, the quality of their foreign language training are identified. The new possibilities of presenting educational material that open up to the teacher due to the introduction of multimedia resources into the educational process are highlighted. Considerable attention is paid to the role of feedback in ensuring effective interaction between student and teacher in the process of learning a foreign language in a distance format. It is noted that it is necessary to adhere to the principle of blended learning in the process of mastering a foreign language by students in the realities of distance learning, which also contributes to improving the quality and effectiveness of foreign language teaching. The most important pedagogical condition of distance learning of English is determined, which is the professionalization of training of future specialists. It is concluded that the digital format of multimedia technologies opens up new pedagogical opportunities for the organization of distance learning of a foreign language.

IDIOMATIC POTENTIAL OF ANATOMICAL TERMINOLOGY AND ITS ROLE IN DEVELOPING ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY

The article examines the idiomatic features of anatomical terminology in modern English. The authors emphasize that understanding and correct use of idiomatic expressions is an indicator of in-depth knowledge of a foreign language and an important element in preparing for international English language exams, in particular, with the aim of recognizing implicit meanings (C1 – Advanced, C2 – Proficiency levels). It has been noted that mastering idiomatic expressions constitute one of the most difficult challenges for speakers of other languages, therefore it requires additional attention during the foreign language training of students. Based on the analysis and systematization of lexicographic sources (The Oxford Dictionary of Idioms, A Dictionary of 3800 Picturesque Idiomatic Expressions, and McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs), it has been shown that anatomical terminology has significant idiomatic potential and is widely reflected in the figurative language of modern English. The study has revealed 628 idioms based on 52 anatomical terms, among which the lexemes “head”, “hand”, “eye”, “heart” and “foot” have the most productive idiomatic potential, forming the core of 75, 70, 53, 46 and 43 idioms respectively. The developed corpus of anatomical idioms has been organized for meaningful and accessible use in the educational process at a medical university. Familiarizing students with English anatomical idioms in the course of ESP training contributes to the development of student's interest and motivation in learning a foreign language, broadening their outlook, and ensuring an in-depth understanding of the mechanisms of English figurative language, which is the key to successfully passing international proficiency tests and communicating in a foreign language environment.

STRUCTURE OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE STRATEGIC COMPETENCE OF FUTURE PRIMARY TEACHERS

The article is devoted to highlighting the theoretical prerequisites for the formation of foreign language strategic competence of future primary school teachers. The definition of the term "strategic competence" is provided, its component composition is analyzed, and the purpose of training is determined. The purpose of the article is to highlight the structure of formation of foreign language strategic competence of future primary school teachers. In today's requirements for the foreign language training of students the role of the ability to obtain information from different sources, to absorb, supplement and evaluate it, to apply different ways of cognitive and creative activity is increasing. CEFR (2018) identifies strategic competence as a key element to form communicative competence. The methodological basis of the article is psychological, pedagogical and methodical theories and provisions that reveal conceptual approaches to the researched issues. The scientific novelty consists in determining the structural elements of strategic competence as the basis for the formation of foreign language strategic competence of future primary school teachers. The prospects for further scientific research should be the use of the identified elements of strategic competence as the basis for the formation of future primary school teachers' foreign language educational and strategic competence in the educational process to build a model of appropriate learning.

ЗАСТОСУВАННЯ ІКТ У СУЧАСНИХ УМОВАХ НАВЧАННЯ ІНОЗЕМНОЇ МОВИ МАЙБУТНІХ ІНЖЕНЕРІВ

The article justifies the relevance of the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in a foreign language and professional disciplines teaching of future engineers in quarantine conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic. The analysis of scientific sources in the context of the use of ICT in education was carried out. One of the most difficult and acute pedagogical problems of foreign language training of students of technical universities in general is to ensure individualization of training and stimulation of students' motivation for self- development. According to the authors of the article, a possible effective means of solving these problems in distance learning is the use of educational blogging technology. The purpose of the article is to highlight and analyze the organization of the educational process in modern conditions with the help of educational ICT during a foreign language and professional disciplines teaching of future engineers, in particular, an educational blog and online exercises of the LearningApps service. The article highlights the main issues of organizing online foreign language teaching for technical students. The method of blogging is partially similar to the project method and the “portfolio” methods. On the one hand, an educational blog should be considered as a project: its creation and regular content requires a pragmatic focus on a result that can be comprehended and applied in real-life practice. In blogging, just like in the project method, students are engaged in a cultural dialogue and have the opportunity to receive feedback from professional linguists and native speakers based on the comment function built into the blog platform. On the other hand, an educational blog serves as an electronic "portfolio" - a means of monitoring and evaluating the quality of a student's independent work and his/her progress in developing professional foreign language competence, which are revealed by comparing the first and last blog post. The blog is also a specific student report, which presents the results of the analysis of English-language materials on professional topics. The article presents a survey of future engineers regarding their assessment of the modern teaching of foreign languages and professional disciplines in higher technical educational establishments. The study was conducted at the Faculty of Electronics at the National Technical University of Ukraine "Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute". A distance learning process based on online classes using an educational blog, mind maps and interactive exercises of the LearningApps service was proposed for consideration. In the course of the study, the insufficient level of students’ knowledge and practical skills of a foreign language was determined. The shortcomings of the professional training of future engineers during the study of a foreign language and professional disciplines have been revealed, in particular, the traditional nature of training and the limited use of ICT. It is concluded that the use of ICT in the educational process significantly improves the quality and effectiveness of education, brings students closer to the real conditions of the professional environment, and allows them to qualitatively improve their practical skills. Taking into account the results of the study, it is possible to determine the prospects for further research on the implementation of the above ICT in the study of humanities and science disciplines in the current conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic and martial law in Ukraine.

10.18355/XL.2023.16.02.02

This study aims to evaluate the suitability of printed EFL materials of an intensive foreign language training program of a university in Indonesia in the context of online learning and bring some considerations regarding developing materials suitable for the virtual dimension of online language learning. Twelve lecturers were involved in this study. Their perceptions toward the English materials were collected quantitatively using questionnaires and qualitatively through interviews. By using a mixed method with an explanatory sequential design, this study revealed that the printed materials were unsuitable in some ways during online learning. It also proposed principled suggestions for harnessing education technology to facilitate effective and innovative teaching appropriate in broader technology-assisted language learning contexts.

Обучение английскому языку студентов специалитета морского института в электронной образовательной среде вуза

The article is devoted to the topical problem of educational process organization in e-learning university environment. The aim of the study is to describe the experience of teaching the English language to the Marine university students. In this paper the standard structure of the English courses has been introduced, the pedagogical experiment on revealing the efficiency of e-learning English courses focused on the increasing of motivation and formation of foreign language competence of specialist degree students at the Marine university by the example of Sevastopol State University has been represented. The scientific novelty of the research article consists in clarifying the notion “foreign language training of the Marine university students in e-learning educational environment” and identifying the criteria of assessment and levels of formation of foreign language competence of specialist degree students at the Marine university. As a result, the growth of students’ level of foreign language proficiency in the sphere of navigation has been observed owing to the use of e-learning courses. E-learning courses assist the students to increase the understanding of professionally oriented material and improve their skills of working in e-learning university environment.

Скаффолдинг как особый вид педагогической поддержки обучающихся при изучении иностранного языка в электронной образовательной среде вуза

The aim of the study is to reason the usage of scaffolding as a specific kind of pedagogical support in university e-learning environment. The research paper describes the essence, functions, strategies and forms of pedagogical support of students learning a foreign language. The special features of foreign language training e-course based on scaffolding principles of e-learning environment are considered. The efficiency of teaching students according to scaffolding principles to develop foreign language communicative competence is examined by the example of using the e-learning course ‘Empower A2-B2’ in university e-learning environment ‘do.sevsu.ru’. The novelty of this study consists in the definition of the three main forms of scaffolding – individual scaffolding, affiliate scaffolding and computer-based scaffolding. As a result, the e-learning foreign language course ‘Empower A2-B2’ was worked out on scaffolding principles and introduced into the educational process of Sevastopol State University.

THE MODEL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE COMPETENCE FORMATION OF FUTURE ENERGY ENGINEERS

The paper presents the model of the formation of future energy engineers’ foreign language competence, which conditionally reproduces the process of step-by-step learning of a foreign language for professional purposes and the development of practical knowledge and skills of receptive and productive types of linguistic activity under specifically created conditions due to the use of a range of specially selected didactic and methodological toolkit of informational, audiovisual and visual type focusing on project learning technologies. Based on the results of the research, its main components were determined and analyzed, and their inverse relationship and interaction were substantiated too. It was established that the developed model belongs to the structural and functional group. It was found that the structure of the model is determined by a complex of interconnected and complementary elements, which are combined into four blocks: motivational-target (goal, task, social order), didactic-methodological (approaches and principles of learning), content-processual (stages of foreign language training, pedagogical conditions, methods, technologies, forms, means of education), evaluation-resultative (components, levels), formation of foreign language competence, result). The functionality of the model is characterized by a set of properties that reveal its ability to perform a number of functions, in particular: educational, organizational, technological, managerial, cognitive, developmental, communicative, competent, controlling. The model design of foreign language competence formation for the future energy engineers was carried out taking into account the specifics of the professional training of higher education graduates specializing in the field of knowledge 14 Electrical engineering and the specifics of their future professional activities. It has been determined that the implementation of the suggested structural and functional model into the educational process of students’ foreign language learning results in the formation of a foreign language competence of would-be specialists in the field of power engineering, who are able to perform all the types of engineering activity using the relevant metalanguage in their professional environment.
 Keywords: model, structural and functional model, formation, foreign language training, foreign language, foreign language competence, future energy engineers, higher education applicants, education environment, knowledge.

Facilitation Techniques in Teaching ESP Online: Postpandemic Solutions for Law-Enforcement Officers Training

The article considers the effectiveness of teaching English for Specific Purposes online to future border guard officers during their study at the Border Guard Academy. The article considers ways to enhance the border guards’ foreign language training, which is partly conducted online due to the quarantine restrictions and ongoing war initiated by russia. The study covered the experience of organization of facilitation skills development for the teachers and trainers in European Union border guard educational institutions. The authors consider facilitative methods and tools as effective means for teaching future border guards English language online. The facilitative skills acquired by border guard teachers and trainers were tested during ESP Course for border guards at the Ukrainian Border Guard Academy. Analysis of the results of employing facilitation methods and techniques during “Intensive Online English Language Course for Border Guards” proved effectiveness of the conducted online training course and indicates the feasibility of using facilitative methods and techniques within the online training courses for the personnel of the law-enforcement agencies. Comparison of the obtained results (the placement and final assessment) proves the effectiveness of foreign language communicative skills development of the course participants. Therefore, the obtained results testify to the efficiency of utilizing the facilitation techniques by the teachers and trainers of the border guard academy.

CONCEPT AND STRUCTURE OF FUTURE MEDICAL SPECIALISTS’ FOREIGN LANGUAGE COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE

Abstract. The article analyses scientists’ views on the specifics and structure of medical students’ foreign language communicative competence. The researchers have been found to interpret differently this concept and its content, the latter containing from 3 to 6 components according to the data of various scholars. A concept of foreign language communicative activity is described in the article. Today, the ongoing reforms in the society call for the formation of comprehensively developed competent doctors, possessing high level of professional language and capable of revealing professionalism in business communication situations. In this regard, changes in the approach to future doctors’ foreign language training are on the agenda. Therefore, solution of the challenge of developing language capacity and forming foreign language communicative competence in future doctors is very important. Foreign language communicative competence is essential for training advanced specialists in view of the further use of knowledge, abilities, skills, and personal qualities gained in the foreign language environment as well as for providing multilingual, multicultural, and interpersonal communication. Formation of foreign language communicative competence has been found to include the knowledge of a language, sufficient to meet professional needs, implementation of one’s business contacts, and further professional self-education and self-improvement. It has been found that foreign language communicative competence includes discursive, strategic, and reflective components which are interactive, complementary, and functioning as a unified system.

О РОЛИ ПРОФЕССИОНАЛЬННО-ОРИЕНТИРОВАННОЙ ИНОЯЗЫЧНОЙ ПОДГОТОВКИ ИНЖЕНЕРОВ МОРСКОГО ТРАНСПОРТА В СВЕТЕ МЕЖДУНАРОДНЫХ КОНВЕНЦИЙ

The marine engineer activity is associated with the need for communication in a multinational crew. The article
 deals with professionally-oriented foreign language training of marine engineers in the context of international
 conventions. The description of the developed guidebook "Oil Record Book" is given. The original professional
 situations offered in the guidebook for analysis show the conditions of the activity of mechanical engineers
 when they perform the main typical tasks of their professional activity and contribute to the improvement of
 foreign language speech competence. The basic unit of training is a typical professional task as a fragment of
 the subject context, the development of which includes not only the subject, but also the social component of
 the marine engineer future activity. The results of the work on the marine specialists training on the basis of
 the developed guidebook "Oil Record Book" as a means of forming competencies in the conditions of mastering
 typical tasks of professional work are analyzed. The features and dynamics of the development of professional
 foreign language communicative competencies are studied

Compiled by AILA ReN coordinator

Compiled by AILA ReN coordinator

The Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad Grant Program: Strengthening Curricular Connections with Francophone Africa

In this article, the author describes a grant program that is designed for AATF-member educators who seek to strengthen their knowledge of Francophone Africa. The Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad Grant Program (GPA) is designed "to promote, improve, and develop modern foreign language training and area studies programs for all levels of American education." The GPA Program defrays all in-country costs in support of month-long seminars onsite in many countries of Francophone Africa. The author, a four-time awardee/project director of GPA seminars in Latin America and Africa, offers first-hand advice on seminar design, proposal preparation, and project execution.

Formation of foreign language competences of future tourism industry specialists by means of mobile technologies

The problem and the aim of the study. Foreign language proficiency is an integral part of the professional competence of an employee of the tourism industry. Various innovative means are used to improve the quality of foreign language training of a future tourism specialist in higher education institutions. However, their use in practice requires taking into account the specifics of tourism activities and directions of development tourism in the world. The purpose of the study is to study the features of formation of foreign language competences of future specialists in the tourism industry based on mobile technologies. Research methods. The analysis of the potential of mobile technologies, the problems of their implementation in the foreign language training of specialists who specialize in organization of tourist services is applied. When developing a system of tasks, the provisions of the professional standard of a specialist in the tourism industry, the strategy for the development of tourism in Russia are taken into account. Mobile applications are developed on the iBuildApp platform. Empirical methods (testing, analysis of the results of working with mobile applications) are used. The study involved 60 students of the Vyatka State University (Russian Federation). Training program specialization: Technology and organization of tour operator and travel agency services (level – bachelor's degree). Φ-Fisher's criterion is used to process the results of the experiment. Results. The students of the experimental group are involved in the design of multilingual mobile applications as part of the systematic work when studying the disciplines "Modern information technologies", "Digital technologies in tourism", "Foreign language". Students plan a route for a tour, work in groups on a project, use mobile solutions in educational, industrial, design-technological practice. Statistically significant differences between the experimental and control groups in terms of the level of foreign language competence were revealed (φcrit=1.64<φemp=2.912). In conclusion findings about the positive (opportunities for collaboration and project activities, cost optimization, innovative experience) and negative (dependence on foreign software solutions, high cost, technical failures of equipment and the Internet in remote areas, etc.) aspects of the impact of m-learning on the quality of foreign language training of tourism specialists are described

Teaching a foreign language for professional purposes: overview of the experience of Kazakhstani teachers and methodologists

The study of problems of teaching a foreign language does not lose its relevance among Kazakhstan researchers in connection with the pace of development of the modern labor market. The need to participate in international scientific conferences, to study and analyze the results of scientific research presented in foreign sources, to communicate and exchange experiences with foreign colleagues have become part of today's reality for the professional development of specialists in all areas of human activity. Representatives of all kinds of specializations face these professionally significant situations, where the use of a foreign language is a self-evident condition for achieving profession-related goals and meeting professional needs. In this regard, this paper examines the problem of teaching a foreign language for professional purposes to students of non-linguistic universities in Kazakhstan. In this study, general theoretical methods of research were applied: analysis, synthesis, generalization. In the course of this research, the following results were achieved: (а) theoretical review and analysis of professional foreign language training models proposed by Kazakhstani researchers for technical, financial and economic, agroeconomic profiles were carried out; (b) the principles that most closely determine the success of the process of teaching a foreign language for professional purposes have been identified and systematized; (c) a basic set of tasks and exercises to improve the effectiveness of the process of learning a foreign language for professional purposes was proposed based on the synthesis of the experience of domestic researchers. Keywords: foreign language education, foreign language teaching, English for professional purposes, professional communication

ORGANIZATION OF DUAL EDUCATION IN THE TRAINING OF FOREIGN LAN-GUAGE TEACHERS IN KAZAKHSTAN

The concept of dual education has gained worldwide recognition as an effective means of devel-oping highly qualified personnel. Kazakhstan, as a country committed to this goal, has also adopted this model. This paper specifically delves into the organization of dual education in the context of training foreign language teachers. It aims to provide a brief overview of the current state of dual education in Kazakhstan's higher education institutions, particularly at Abai KazNPU. Additionally, the paper presents the results of a survey of graduates who underwent dual training, revealing their perspectives on the effectiveness and impact of this approach on their career prospects.

Обучение оперативному извлечению и пониманию конкретной информации из аутентичного текста студентами-нефилологами (на материале немецкого языка)

This article is the study of the conceptions for optimization, rationalization and constructivism in foreign-language training of students of non-linguistical universities and teaching reading foreign texts in particular. The aim of the research is to formulate the techniques of quick retrieval and understanding of specific information from a foreign authentic text by the students of non-linguistical universities when reading. The scientific novelty consists in the definition of the techniques of quick retrieval and understanding of specific information from a foreign authentic text by poorly motivated or poorly trained language learners. In particular, it is suggested to use a preparatory stage which precedes directly the foreign language reading process. The examples of preparatory stage realization are given. As a result, the feasibility of applying training techniques of quick retrieval and understanding of specific information from a foreign authentic text is substantiated. It includes the understanding of the title of a text, taking into account linguistic pillars such as nouns, verbs and lingua-cultural vocabulary and using a preparatory stage in reading process. The preparatory stage implies the linguistic analysis of syntax constructions and morphological forms used in authentic texts for improving training of students of non-linguistical universities to read texts in a foreign language.

Independent work of university students in learning a foreign language

The article considers the main problems that arise in the organization of independent training of students of non-linguistic specialties in the course of teaching foreign language communication. Independent work in foreign language training in the system of higher professional education is considered as a tool, a means of mastering the system of professional knowledge, methods of cognitive activity. The author has analysed theoretical approaches, Russian and foreign experience of pedagogic work. The methodological and organizational aspects of this problem were studied and structured. Taking into account modern conditions, the pedagogicpossibilities of combining traditional and distance forms of organization of independent work of students are considered. Based on the conducted experimental types of training, the optimal forms of presentation and organization of educational material were identified, aimed at developing students' abilities of creative thinking, research work with extended language material, independent organization of educational activities, and the individual approach to the implementation of educational tasks. As a result, methodological requirements and methods for optimizing the independent learning activities of university students in the new conditions of the hybrid system of the educational process at the university based on foreign experience and original research have been developed. The role of the teacher in the organization of independent activity, personalization of the language material, stimulation of the skills of its critical comprehension is shown. All presented organizational and pedagogic strategies have shown their effectiveness and can be implemented in the process of linguistic training of university students. Methodological grounds can serve as guidelines in the creation of educational and methodological developments.

Эмоциональный интеллект студенчества как объект исследования языковых дисциплин: аналитический обзор

The aim of the research is to evaluate the phenomenon of emotional intelligence from the standpoint of a number of the disciplines of the humanities: pedagogy, psychology, linguistics, linguodidactics. The article analyses domestic and foreign studies that reveal the problems of developing the emotional intelligence of students from higher educational institutions by means of linguistic disciplines; psychological, linguistic and linguodidactic aspects of emotional intelligence consideration in terms of foreign language training at the university are presented. As a result of the analytical review, it is proved that the disciplines “Foreign Language” and “Russian as a Foreign Language” have a diverse potential in terms of the possibilities for developing the emotional intelligence of students by means of foreign language training at the university.

CURRENT STATUS OF TEACHING AND LEARNING VIETNAMESE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS AT HANOI UNIVERSITY

The current foreign language training in Vietnam is not only about teaching a new language to Vietnamese people but also about teaching Vietnamese to international students studying in Vietnam. Over the years, Hanoi University has trained a large number of international students coming to learn Vietnamese and has achieved certain results. In this article, we study the current situation of teaching and learning Vietnamese for international students at Hanoi University, thereby offering specific recommendations to overcome the shortcomings in the process of Vietnamese language training for international students, and at the same time improve the teaching quality