Professional Communicative Competence Research Articles

The model of tandem content and language integrated learning: Justification and evaluation of its effectiveness by education stakeholders

Introduction. The need to master a foreign language in the professional field of education is determined by contemporary challenges: the rapid growth of intercultural interaction, as well as the processes of globalization and informatization of education. The article examines the problem of using tandem content and language integrated learning focused on developing future teachers’ readiness and ability to communicate effectively in a foreign language in the professional environment. The purpose of the article is to propose the model of tandem content and language integrated learning and evaluate the effectiveness of its implementation in the process of developing foreign language professional communicative competence of future teachers. Materials and Methods. The study was conducted during 2020–2023 period. The sample included 86 students of 3–5 years majoring in Primary education and English as a Foreign language. The authors used the following research methods: theoretical and methodological analysis, comparison, interpretation, modeling, questionnaires, analysis and systematization of accumulated experience of tandem content and language integrated learning. Results. The main results consist in substantiating the model of tandem content and language integrated learning and in assessing the effectiveness of its implementation in the process of developing foreign language professional communicative competence of future teachers. The authors identified a mechanism of interaction between all education stakeholders in dynamic groups based on task level-differentiation within the framework of content and language integrated learning (CLIL). Conclusions. The study concludes that the model of tandem content and language integrated learning was substantiated and the effectiveness of its implementation in the process of developing foreign language professional communicative competence of future teachers was assessed.

AN ANALYSIS OF THE CURRICULUM “FOREIGN LANGUAGE FOR PROFESSIONAL PURPOSES” IN THE CONTEXT OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMME “STATE BORDER SECURITY” OF MASTER’S DEGREE

Peculiarities and objectives of the Educational programme “State Border Security” for the second (Master’s) level of higher education have been analysed. Theoretical content of the subject area, methods, techniques and technologies which include general and specific methods of military science, information and communication technologies and techniques, methods and techniques for ensuring the security of the state border have been studied. Tools and equipment, teaching and training consisting of problem-oriented and contextual learning, activity and competence-oriented technologies, practical performance of training and combat tasks, practical training and daily activities have been specified.Assessment that is divided into forms of control and assessment of educational achievements were investigated.We studied program competences (Integral competence, General competencies and Special (professional, subject) competencies) and Program learning outcomes. Educational programme components were specified, namely Curriculum “Foreign language for professional purposes” was described with the aim to show how students’ professional communicative competence in English, which involves the study of such aspects of language as speaking, reading, translating, listening and writing is forming.Content of the discipline, planned educational activities, forms (methods) of study were investigated, including Bloom’s taxonomy levels (knowledge, comprehending, application, analysis, synthesis and assessment).Five-stage lesson plan (introduction, input, practice, production and conclusion) and credit tasks were described.

On developing language subcompetence in cadets of educational organizations of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs: Foreign language learning

The development of foreign language professional communicative competence is based on improving the students’ language subcompetence since only with the automated language skills it is possible to move on to the types of speech activity with the concomitant development of communication skills. Given the variety of forms of organizing students’ educational activities, aimed at mastering their lexical and grammatical skills in the formulation of utterances, it is important to solve the problem of a systematic approach to the implementation of tasks. In this regard, the main goal of the article is to develop a consistent model for improving the lexical and grammatical skills in cadets of educational organizations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia based on a specific type of the task. To this end, the article elicits the possibilities of developing a series of tasks in the format of lexical and grammatical transformations to improve language subcompetence as a constitutive part of foreign language professional communicative competence.The proposed system of tasks for improving lexical and grammatical skills is built on the principle of growing complication: from one-component grammatical transformations, which are aimed at practising one specific skill on the studied lexical material without restrictions of thematic repertoire, to multicomponent lexical grammatical transformations.The range of tasks includes grammatical transformations of the active voice patterns into the passive voice ones, the use of modal verbs and their equivalents to convey the given modal meanings with attention to the use of infinitive forms, the reconstruction of syndetic conditionals into asyndetic ones, the transformation of compound sentences into sentences complicated by predicative constructions and vice versa.Within the framework of the lexical skills development, we illustrate the transformations requiring the use of synonyms or synonymous phrases, antonyms (taking into account phrasal verbs, which represent a separate lexical group), as well as substitutions, taking into account the collocation properties of lexemes and different degrees of idiomaticity inherent in complex nominative units.Consistent and regular use of transformations is one of the effective ways to form a mechanism of equivalent substitutions.

FORMATION OF PROFESSIONAL LANGUAGE COMPETENCE IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE FOR STUDENTS MAJORING IN PHYSICS

The research article investigates the effectiveness of an integrative teaching methodology in developing professional language competence among Physics students. The goal of the study was to determine the peculiarities of forming components of the language professional communicative competence, and to reveal criteria for the development of this competence in practical sessions using a foreign language. To achieve the goal of the study the methodological experiment was conducted based on the Eurasian National University named after L. N. Gumilyov. Employing various activities such as collaborative discussions, project-based learning, role-play simulations, and written assignments, the study focuses on the enhancement of specific language skills, including speaking and writing proficiency, acquisition of professional terminology and vocabulary, and the development of critical thinking and analytical abilities. The findings aim to contribute valuable insights into the pedagogical strategies that prove most beneficial in fostering comprehensive language competencies within the specialized domain of Physics education. Keywords: professional language competence, language skills, integrative approach, physics students, professional context, communication.

Методика формирования профессионально-коммуникативной компетентности курсантов – будущих сотрудников органов внутренних дел и система ее методического обеспечения

The process of developing professional communicative competence (PCC) of an employee of internal affairs agencies occurs during the period of learning at a higher educational institution of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. In this regard, the issue of how and by what means the specified competence can be formed during the educational process is quite relevant. The paper presents the author’s methodology for developing the professional communicative competence of cadets and describes the system of its methodological support. The author proposes the systematic implementation of the methodology for developing professional communicative competence. The content of each stage has its own specifics and depends on the communicative position of a cadet in educational interaction, which is expressed in particular strategies reflecting the repertoire of the cadet’s role positions, tactics of pedagogical actions, organizational forms, methodological tools, teaching aids, and the expected result inherent in a certain stage. The methodology for developing professional communicative competence has its own system of methodological support represented by a set of resources: scientific and methodological support, diagnostic support tools, methodological resources, electronic resources; it is easily reproducible and has a distinct practice-oriented nature. The presented methodology for forming professional communicative competence and the system of its methodological support proved their effectiveness during testing at the pilot stage of the experiment. Based on the results of its use, positive dynamics was recorded among the experimental group respondents expressed in an increase in the number of cadets with productive and constructive levels of professional communicative competence formedness.

THE USE OF INNOVATIVE PEDAGOGICAL TECHNOLOGIES IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE CLASSES AT THE UNIVERSITY

Purpose. The purpose of this article is to analyze innovative technologies used in foreign language classes and identify their advantages over traditional forms of education, as well as systematize their key features: practice-oriented nature, focus on joint activities of the teacher and the student, activation of the search, creative and research position of students. In the modern world, the ability to operate with lexical units and knowledge of grammatical rules are the basis for foreign language communication. Effective mastering of these skills is possible only through the use of innovative technologies in the classroom, which make it possible to enrich the content of learning, make it logical and interactive, as well as stimulate students’ interest in learning a language.
 Methodology. In the course of the research, such methods as analysis and generalization of scientific sources, verbal and communicative methods, pedagogical observation, study of program documentation and experiment were used.
 Results. The introduction of innovative technologies into the educational process contributes to the activation of students’ cognitive interest, the formation of foreign-language professional communicative competence at the university, as well as provides access to various information resources and various educational events.
 Practical implications. The results of the study can be applied to foreign language classes in many higher educational institutions to develop the intellectual and creative abilities of students, to increase the level of proficiency in a foreign language and stimulate interest in its further study.

Specialised Language Content and Professional Communicative Competence in the Teaching of DaF

Specialised Language Content and Professional Communicative Competence in the Teaching of DaF

Developing professional communicative competence in teaching foreign language

The article considers general tendencies in world and national education, and both principles and methods of forming professional, communicative, and intercultural competencies and in the process of teaching foreign language for professional purposes in the conditions of engineering, economic, and other non-linguistic specialties at technical university. The article views some essential issues of this competence including awareness of pedagogical values, the construction of the pedagogical process, pedagogical communication and behavior; pedagogical technology, its essence, structural components, understanding of innovative components of professional activity, and requirements for the design and engineering of pedagogical technologies.

Structural Components of Professional Competence of Future Economists Studying at Professional Economic Colleges

The article deals with the problem of forming the professional competence of future specialists in economic specialties who receive education in professional economic colleges. The relevance of the current study lies in the fact that the dynamics of the traditional methodological approach in the educational process, given the global world trends, determines the priority of focusing on the competence approach and requires a detailed development of the content of the concept of competence of future specialists in economic specialties. The aim of the article is to determine the structure of future economists’ professional competence and the peculiarities of its formation in the educational space of professional economic colleges. The study used general research methods, such as generalization, comparison, systematization and abstraction, analysis, synthesis, and specification. Results. The structure of professional competence of future specialists in economic specialties, which combines professional and personal components, is substantiated. The vectors of improving the educational process aimed at forming information and digital, communication and intercultural competence in future specialists in economic specialties as an important component of their overall professionalism are allocated. The article establishes that the need to actualize the phenomenon of professional competence is due to the specific requirements for the professional qualities of an economist, characterized by the specific content and specific focus of professional activity. Conclusions. In the course of the study, it has been found that one of the promising areas of the educational process is the formation of future specialist’s personal qualities, including his/her digital literacy, logical thinking and international communication skills. It has been found that further research need determining and substantiating the psychological and pedagogical conditions for implementing the model of forming the economic specialties students’ professional competence in vocational education of higher education institutions. In addition, the basic principles of implementation and development of the educational process interdisciplinary integration are characterized. The development of an algorithm for the formation of foreign language professional communicative competence in future specialists of the field is seen as a promising direction of future research on the outlined topic.

Лингвометодические основы формирования профессиональной коммуникативной компетенции переводчика на завершающем этапе обучения в военном вузе (дополнительная программа профессиональной переподготовки)

The aim of the study is to identify the specifics of implementation of the additional professional program “Translator in the field of professional communication” at military educational institutions of higher education at the final stage of training. The authors propose a scientific justification of the organizational approaches to goal setting, selection and structuring of the content of training, among which professional communicative competence formation among translators in the field of professional communication is considered one of the most important. The scientific novelty of the study lies in describing the linguomethodological foundations for professional communicative competence formation among translators in the field of professional communication, substantiating the principles and clarifying the content of training at the final stage, determining the features of introduction of communicative situational learning into the system of professional training of a military pilot with additional qualifications. As a result, a teaching methodology based on a system of exercises and didactic materials that ensure professional communicative competence formation among translators in the field of professional communication at the final stage of training at a military university has been presented.

SYMBOLISM OF E.T.A. HOFFMANN’S FAIRY TALES: TO THE ISSUE OF TEACHING WORKS OF VERBAL ART

The article dwells upon symbols in “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” by E.T.A. Hoffmann viewing them in terms of ethical and philosophical content of a romanticist masterpiece, as well as accepting them as a means of the didactic sphere. The authors claim the essential role of literary works in key pedagogical principle realisation. These pedagogical principles, such as forming critical thinking, imagination and systematization skills along with aesthetic taste and literary text interpretation, establish the basis of the contemporary humanitarian education. Teaching deep reading enhances professional competencies of future specialists in various fields of humanitarian sciences. Moreover, it broadens students’ cultural background and forms everyday and professional communication competencies. Hoffmann’s fairytale was chosen due to its complex inner content and deep symbolic value. The study of the text chosen illustrates the philological reading approach as a vitally important didactic principle.

Corpus linguistics in building professional communicative competencies of graduates of higher educational institutions

The purpose of the article is to study the role of corpus linguistics methods in the formation of students’ professional communicative competence. The study used the method of expert evaluation, a method of questionnaire with open questions. There was a change in the minimum score in the experimental group ranging from 50 to 67. Such results are signifi cant and demonstrate the eff ectiveness of the method under consideration. After the experimental training, the value of the criterion was Temp2=4.41, which is higher than the critical value. The practice of creating a corpus at the stage of course planning and selection of educational content has proven its capability and, most importantly, its versatility. The use of both the idea of compiling a subject area corpus and the statistical evaluation of vocabulary is highly eff ective. A scientifi cally based selection of professionally relevant foreign language vocabulary items is eff ective in Teaching a foreign language for any profession. Further research should be aimed at expanding the scope of corpus linguistics in this area.

Effectiveness of Promotion-linked Training on the Performance of Educational Leaders at their respective places of Working in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

The present study aims to determine whether the professional development programs offered to educational leaders in Punjab, Lahore, positively impact their performance and whether promotion-linked training motivates participation. Specifically, this research endeavours to elucidate the effects of promotion-linked training on professional growth, leadership styles, decision-making capabilities, communication competencies, student outcomes, and institutional efficacy. Both quantitative and qualitative methodologies were employed to examine the performance of 82 male and female educational administrators in the Lahore district of Punjab. Data regarding research questions were collected via questionnaires and semi-structured interviews. Results indicate that promotion-linked training exerts a significant positive influence on educational leaders' job performance. Such in-service development opportunities enhanced administrators' knowledge and skills, yielding improved institutional outcomes. In conclusion, this study underscores the instrumental role of promotion-based development programs in optimizing educational leaders' effectiveness.

ЭМОЦИОНАЛЬНОЕ ВЫГОРАНИЕ ОРДИНАТОРОВ, ОБУЧАЮЩИХСЯ В МЕДИЦИНСКОМ ВУЗЕ, И НАПРАВЛЕНИЯ ЕГО ПСИХОЛОГИЧЕСКОЙ КОРРЕКЦИИ

The article is devoted to the problem of emotional burnout of doctors studying in residency at a medical university. In a preliminary interview, professional, social, and personal factors were identified that contribute to the formation of a burnout syndrome. The set of methods of the main empirical study included Maslach–Jackson burnout questionnaires, Thomas–Kilman style of conflict behavior, Hall's emotional intelligence, Lazarus–Folkman coping test, methods for diagnosing the professional communicative competence of doctor Yakovleva and style self-regulation of Morasanova's behavior. It was revealed that certain symptoms of burnout are typical for 31% of residents who participated in the study. The results of the correlation analysis show numerous connections between burnout syndrome indicators both with personality traits that contribute to the formation of typical symptoms (tendency to confrontation, avoidance and distancing in social contacts, striving for excessive independence with a lack of professional experience), and determining personal resistance to negative professional factors (the desire for cooperation, compromise and, in general, the formation of adequate communication skills in interaction with patients and colleagues, rational coping strategies, productive components of self-regulation). The targets of psychological prevention and correction of professional burnout among residents were identified. Based on the results of the study, program, that includes information-diagnostic, consulting-correctional and educational-developing directions, has been developed and introduced into the educational process at a medical university.

Чтение и письмо как интегрированный навык профессиональной иноязычной коммуникативной компетенции будущих экономистов-международников

The article explores the process of teaching an integrated skill of reading and writing to students of higher edu-cation institutions majoring in international economic relations with emphasis put on its contribution to students’ overall foreign language communicative competence in its professionally oriented variant. In the course of the analysis it is discovered that amid the challenges of real professional communication reading and writing skills undergo a significant transformation: while reading an original professionally meaningful text in a foreign lan-guage aims to help write a secondary text, writing, as such, logically completes the integrated process of read-ing and writing. Thus these two skills should be taught in an integrated manner, for which practical recommen-dations are provided. It is concluded that such an approach to teaching reading and writing enables building up students’ professional foreign language communicative competence preparing them for dealing with real-life professional tasks.

Лингводидактический потенциал новостных текстов в профессионально ориентированном обучении русскому языку как иностранному курсантов военных вузов

The study aims to characterise the linguodidactic potential of news texts of modern Russian online media for foreign-language competence formation in foreign cadets in professionally oriented teaching of Russian as a foreign language. The paper describes the specifics of professionally oriented foreign-language teaching, characterises the features of foreign-language professional communicative competence of foreign cadets of military universities, examines the notion of the linguodidactic of the text in teaching Russian as a foreign language, sheds light on the aspects of this potential. The scientific novelty of the work lies in providing deep insight into the linguodidactic potential of online media news texts determined by their structural, content, functional and linguistic characteristics. As a result, it is stated that online media news reports have a significant educational (linguistic and communicative), developmental (cognitive and meta-subject) and educative (socio-cultural, moral, ethical and aesthetic) potential contributing to the formation and development of all aspects of foreign-language professional communicative competence in foreign cadets of military universities.

Pedagogical Concept of Integrative Teaching and Learning in the Context of Interdepartmental Interaction

This article presents the pedagogical framework for integrative teaching and learning, melding foreign language instruction with professional disciplines within the interdepartmental interaction. Through a comprehensive review of both foreign and domestic literature, the authors highlight the insufficient development of this concept in Ukraine, particularly in practical application. The study advocates for adapting and assimilating positive foreign experiences to the distinctive contours of Ukrainian higher education, underpinned by a robust theoretical and methodological foundation. The authors contend that the demands of modern life necessitate the active integration of interdisciplinary links into higher education curricula, leveraging foreign languages to develop foreign language professional communicative competence as an integral component of professional competence. They emphasize the pivotal role of interdepartmental collaboration in fostering such interdisciplinary convergence. Considering the unresolved nature of this issue in Ukraine, the significance and imperative for establishing an integrative teaching and learning concept in the context of interdepartmental interaction are undeniable. The article delineates the concept’s goals and objectives, scrutinizes the pivotal preconditions and rationale for its development, and furnishes a comprehensive algorithm for the seamless integration of professional subjects and foreign language instruction. Two main stages of integrative training, preparatory and organizational-procedural, are distinguished, with their characteristics outlined. Additionally, the article underscores the need for designing specialized transitional courses to harmonize profession-oriented content in foreign languages with specific disciplines.

Interactive methods in the foreign language teaching of future IT specialists at medical college

Introduction. Interactive teaching of a foreign language to IT students in a higher medical school is an important component of the educational environment of a medical university, as it contributes to the formation of not only professional communicative competence in a foreign language, but also key competencies for conducting future professional activities in general. The authors determined that the purpose of the scientific work is to provide promising solutions for eliminating downsides, neutralizing risks and introducing interactive technologies in linguodidactic process. Materials and methods. The study was conducted on the basis of I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Russian Federation). The students of the specialty "Bioengineering and Bioinformatics" (72 students) took part in the experiment. One of the groups was designated experimental, the remaining 3 were control. Scientific and experimental information was obtained, using such methods as theoretical analysis of sources on the problem, assessment of the experience of using interactive methods in the experimental part of the study based on SWOT analysis, observation, survey, online testing. Method of mathematical statistics: Pearson's chi-squared test. Results. The survey showed a high degree of students interest (95% of students) in learning a foreign language at a high professional level in the process of collaboration using communicative, active, interactive methods, information technology, etc. Online testing, which demonstrates the results of learning lexical and grammatical material on the educational topic of the discipline foreign language by students of the specialty "Bioengineering and Bioinformatics" in an interactive way at a medical university, showed that the students of the experimental group coped with the test tasks much better than students from the control groups (χ2 = 6.383; p=0.042 < 0,05). Conclusion. The authors have developed a number of promising solutions, based on the obtained results that optimize the process of using interactive learning in IT students training at the medical university. Due to this work, it is possible to determine the universal principles of the use of interactive methods in teaching a foreign language to students of the information technology specialties in the field of medicine and other specialties, it is possible to expand the range and conditions for the adaptability of these methods for a specific group, the purpose of training, the tasks and expected results, and also to develop a model of interactive learning for students of these specialties at medical school and subsequently create an educational program and materials.

Methods of working with professional vocabulary in accordance with modern requirements to the educational process

Introduction. The updating of standards and the active introduction of distance and computer technologies cause the emergence of both new techniques and new relationships between the elements of the educational process. Purpose setting. The purpose of the study is to determine the compliance with the requirements, approaches and methods of working with professional vocabulary in the process of learning a foreign language in a technical university. Methodology and methods of the study. By analyzing the scientific and pedagogical literature and the results of observation, the connections and dependence of the success of fulfilling specific requirements for the educational process on the modern approaches and methods of learning a foreign language are revealed. Results. The parallel development of terminology in Russian and foreign languages, the computer competence of teachers and controlled working conditions in the electronic educational environment have the particular importance. As a part of the study, a survey was conducted, which confirmed the students' interest in working with Internet resources and tasks in an electronic educational environment. The teaching and controlling functions of the proposed methods are noted. They are directly related to the process of mastering professional vocabulary. A direct connection between specific approaches, techniques and the compliance with standards is demonstrated. The scientific novelty of the study lies in the description of the organizational and methodological system of working with professional vocabulary in a modern technical university. Conclusion. As a result, approaches and techniques have been identified and tested that allow improving the process of organizing and implementing work on the assimilation of professional vocabulary. The integration of activities to form the professional communicative competence of students in the programs of general education and special disciplines and the updating in the system of language training in connection with Russia's withdrawal from the Bologna process can be the advanced research directions.

THE DIGITAL ACMELINGUISTIC TECHNOLOGY IN THE INDIVIDUAL EDUCATIONAL TRAJECTORY OF A MODERN STUDENT

This article deals with the digital acmelinguistic technology in the individual educational trajectory of a modern student as an effective way to improve the professional communicative competence in the independent study of a foreign language. The scientific novelty lies in the response to the requirement for practice-oriented learning, immersion of students in an authentic professional environment. The methodological basis is acmelinguistics. The theoretical and methodological justification is the acmeological, activity-based, interdisciplinary, intercultural and communicative approaches. The principles of interfacing cultures, methods of content analysis, description of a communicative situation and participant observation prove that with the help of the technology under study it is possible to solve such important issues as: the development and improvement of different types of speech; unlocking of the creative potential; the ability to use an authentic learning environment to find the information needed.