Communicative Competence Of Students Research Articles

Формирование межкультурного компонента коммуникативной компетенции у будущих экономистов

The paper deals with the development of the intercultural component of communicative competence in students majoring in Economics. The relevance of the study is determined by the challenges of globalization and the modern labor market environment. The emphasis is placed on the distinctions between mentality and its linguistic aspects in Russian, Britain, and American culture. The author presents several exercises taken from textbooks and used in English classes by students of School of Economics and Institute of World Economy and Business of Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia. These exercises facilitate the development of the intercultural component of communicative competence in students. It is concluded that the academic staff trains future business experts who can both speak English in the context of business community and successfully communicate with colleagues with different cultural backgrounds. At the same time, business communication is not based on the rules of native or international culture. In the author’s opinion, business partnership will be successful if the participants of communication know communication etiquette as well as respect values of both cultures and preserve their cultural identity.

CLT in Chines Major’s Comprehensive Chinese Course – A case study of Khon Kaen University, Thailand

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A Study on the Relationship between English Language Proficiency and Intercultural Communication Competence among Arab Students in Malaysia

This study was carried out to evaluate the relationship between English language proficiency (ELP) and intercultural communication competence (ICCC) of Arab students in Malaysia. This study included both of the quantitative and the qualitative data sets to further the information. The participants of this study were 108 Arab students from nine different Asian and African nationalities. Based on the results of this study, English language was the main means of education for the participants, and the main means of their communication with students from other cultures. The results from this study found some significant correlations between the attributes of ELP and ICCC. The good levels of ELP encouraged and enabled individuals to be involved in daily interactions with their peers from different countries who speak different languages, and their interactions helped them to improve the levels of their ELP. Moreover, the participants who obtained higher scores in English language proficiency test got higher mean scores in ICCC as well. Based on the results, in some cases, their personal characteristics and the low levels of their ELP had negative effects on the process of interactions among Arab and other students. The results of this study may add some interesting information in the literature regarding the relationships between ELP and ICCC of Arab students in an Asian multicultural collegiate environment.

DEVELOPMENT OF STUDENTS’ INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATIVE TOLERANCE IN THE UNIVERSITY MULTILINGUAL EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT

Introduction. Higher education involves a complex process for the development of cognitive, social, emotional and cultural characteristics of the individual of future specialists; including forming special behavior patterns that in the future will provide competitiveness and success of employment of the university graduates. Intercultural communicative tolerance is considered to be one of the individual’s significant social and professional qualities which are in demand of the modern society. The importance of intercultural communicative tolerance formation is caused not only by the processes of globalization of professional mobility in the modern world, but also the need to create comfortable coexistence of students in the university multilingual educational environment, to reduce conflicts and to prevent the clash of cultures – bearers of various systems of values and standards. The aim of the research is to reveal the role of intercultural communicative tolerance in the formation of the individual as well as to present a specially designed technology as part of “Foreign Language” learning. The relevance of this research highlights the necessity to shift the emphasis in the foreign language learning process towards practical-oriented learning targeting the development of personal qualities. Methodology and research methods. Methodological framework of the publication is based on the key conceptions of communication-oriented learning. In the process of designing and application of the authors’ technology, experimental methods and the method of comparative analysis were used. Results and scientific novelty. The authors’ definition to intercultural communicative tolerance is given. The urgency of formation of values and semantic attitudes towards improvement of communicative skills and corresponding world outlook objectives among students is proved. The authors described own technology of development of intercultural communicative tolerance, which is conditioned by the internationalization processes in higher education. The features of applying the technology in the process of learning a foreign language at a university were also revealed. The approbation of new methodological tools showed significantly excessive level of interpersonal and intercultural communicative competence of students which has grown due to the technology applied. Practical significance of the research is confirmed by the positive results, proving the effectiveness of applying the development technology, as well as it identifies the need to introduce similar technologies in higher education.

ОСОБЕННОСТИ ОБУЧЕНИЯ СТУДЕНТОВ ДЕЛОВОМУ ОБЩЕНИЮ ДЛЯ РАБОТЫ В СРЕДЕ ИНОЯЗЫЧНОЙ КУЛЬТУРЫ

The article does attempt to view special aspects of teaching students business communication for their future work in foreign language environment. The subject of research is the university education of students of Bachelor’s programme of Foreign Studies (specialization: Asia). The issue being analyzed is the development of business communication competence of students for their future work in foreign language environment. We anticipate that teaching students business communication will be effective if: a)business communication competence is developed in the education process; b) the fundamentals of business communication development are synergy-and-system-based theory of education, individual-oriented teaching approach, socio-linguistic and communicative approaches in foreign language teaching; c)business communication competence is considered as readiness for business communication that comprises professional, psychological, cultural and linguistic elements; d) a pedagogical model of developing communication competence is established and implemented in the education process. Methodological basis of research includes provisions of the synergetic paradigm, the conceptual system of personality-oriented teaching system and activity approaches. The pedagogical model that includes prioritizing elements of the syllabus in accordance with main research objective is being implemented in the education process. The results of the research can be applied in foreign language teaching of students of other Bachelor’s programmes and can also be a subject of other research into university education quality issues.

ФОРМУВАННЯ ІНФОРМАЦІЙНО-КОМУНІКАТИВНОЇ КОМПЕТЕНТНОСТІ СТУДЕНТІВ В УМОВАХ КОЛЕДЖУ

The article analyzes the content of "competence", "information competence", "communicative competence", the interpretation of the concept is singled out "information and communication competence". The attention is highlighted on the problem of forming information and communication skills among students as a key component competences of personality.The purpose of the article is to find out ways of formation of information and communicative competence of students in conditions of college with economic direction.The methods of scientific research were: contextual analysis, student survey, pedagogical observation.The specified problem was analyzed by researches of scientists. The emphasis was paid to the formation of students' competencies which are defined by the Law of Ukraine "On Education", among them are: fluent knowledge of the state language; ability to communicate with your native (in case of difference from the state) and foreign languages. In the process of analyse the problem was described the culture of communication by college students in social networks, among which are: Facebook, Instagram, Telegram, Viber and others. The content of the highlighted information was analyzed, its relevance, literacy and professional orientation. Also was characterized the students’ work in social networks and in the process of their Internet communication had been ditected a number of mistakes. There was described the introduction of training learning tasks for students on different themes, which they often describe in social networks. The attention was focused on the drafting of dialogues, as dialogues predominates in Internet communication. It was indicated that in the process of studying the Ukrainian language of professional orientation the attention should be paid to the features of dialogical communication with the usage of norms of speech etiquette and it was highlighted the introduction of express trainings. There was offered the system of tasks which will assist formation of information and communicative competence. The separate methodical guidelines have been elaborated and highlighted for the usage of the Internet by students.

Тренінгові завдання з розвитку комунікативної компетентності студентів – майбутніх учителів

Тренінгові завдання з розвитку комунікативної компетентності студентів – майбутніх учителів

ЛИНГВОКОГНИТИВНЫЕ ОСНОВЫ ОБУЧЕНИЯ ИНОСТРАННОМУ ЯЗЫКУ

One of the main goals of foreign language teaching is establishing a communicative competence in students in its tight connection with the culture of the corresponding country. The modern foreign language pedagogy is in a constant search of the ways to improve the educational process. One of such ways – lignucognitive – is being considered. It allows to integrate the achievements of cognitive linguistics into the structure of communicative-oriented teaching for education quality improvement. There were mentioned the results of a number of scientific researches that have proven to be effective in implementing of different methods of cognitive linguistics while teaching lexical and grammatical aspects of foreign language. While focusing on a series of foreign language teaching linguocognitive studies it has been proven that the principles and methods of cognitive linguistics can be integrated into the structure of lessons. Such an integration meets a number of criteria for an effective education: accessibility, visualization, explication, motivation, anthropocentricity, structuredness, communicative orientation, cultural conditionality, reflectivity. Eventually that allows to achieve the main goal of the pedagogic process while teaching foreign languages – language acquisition in all its aspects and its connection to the culture of the corresponding country.

Factors Affecting Communication Competence of Nursing Students

Factors Affecting Communication Competence of Nursing Students

A Study on the Relationship between English Language Proficiency and Intercultural Communication Competence Among Arab Students in Malaysia

This study was carried out to evaluate the relationship between English language proficiency (ELP) and intercultural communication competence (ICCC) of Arab students in Malaysia. This study included both of the quantitative and the qualitative data sets to further the information. The participants of this study were 108 Arab students from nine different Asian and African nationalities. Based on the results of this study, English language was the main means of education for the participants, and the main means of their communication with students from other cultures. The results from this study found some significant correlations between the attributes of ELP and ICCC. The good levels of ELP encouraged and enabled individuals to be involved in daily interactions with their peers from different countries who speak different languages, and their interactions helped them to improve the levels of their ELP. Moreover, the participants who obtained higher scores in English language proficiency test got higher mean scores in ICCC as well. Based on the results, in some cases, their personal characteristics and the low levels of their ELP had negative effects on the process of interactions among Arab and other students. The results of this study may add some interesting information in the literature regarding the relationships between ELP and ICCC of Arab students in an Asian multicultural collegiate environment.

Assessment of the perceived communication competence of senior undergraduate dental students: A study of the quality of data and orders written in prosthodontics' laboratory forms

Background: Although principled responsibilities are on dentists to prescribe and communicate prosthodontics information and requirements to dental technician, studies reveal a lack of communication. Moreover, skills and techniques that students develop during their clinical education are profoundly become attitudes. Aim: The aim of this cross-sectional study was to inspect and observe the quality of prosthodontics instructions and information submitted for both fixed and removable prosthodontics cases immediately at the end of each students' clinical session. Methods: Research ethical committee approved this study. A paper-based examination designed to find out the quality of instructions and nature of information. A self-structured questionnaire was constructed which included general data; year of study, age and gender of the dental student, information of the case type itself, and the clarity and correct instructions. Written instructions and the drawings were categorized as satisfactory and clear, a guide, unsatisfactory and poor, and none, outcome of treatment recorded at the delivery/cementation appointments. Results: Only 36.5% of the whole study samples were satisfactory and clear. Moreover, 37.4% were considered as a guide, 22.8% were unsatisfactory and poor, and 3.3% were without instructions. There was a statistical significance difference between the groups. Results showed that only 42.3% of prosthodontics cases approved on the intended day for delivery and/or cementation with minor adjustments. Nearly 14.6% rejected and unapproved (Redo). Only 9.75% of written information indicated disinfection. Conclusion: This study indicates weakness in communication between senior dental students (SDSs) and the laboratory dental technicians. SDSs are not competent in writing prosthodontics forms. The significance of acceptably completing the forms must be stressed throughout students' education.

Коммуникативная компетенция учащихся в ценностно-профессиональном контексте

Коммуникативная компетенция учащихся в ценностно-профессиональном контексте

COMMUNICATION-CENTERED APPROACH TO TEACHING FOREIGN LANGUAGES IN NON-LINGUISTIC UNIVERSITIES

The article deals with the process of realization of the communication-centered approach to the study of foreign languages of the students of non-linguistic specialties. It consists in the modeling of the basic regularities of foreign language communication taking into consideration their professional needs The main conditions of the communicative organization of foreign language classes have been analyzed: the foreign language speech orientation of the educational process, which consists in the practical application of the target foreign language; the learning functionality that includes the methods allowing the most effective acquisition of lexical units and grammatical structures in speech; the situational learning that permits to coordinate the educational material with the professional orientation of students; the novelty of the educational material, consisting in the continuous updating of the material studied; taking into account the individual characteristics of each student. The emphasis has been placed on the fact that the communication-centered approach to the study of foreign languages contributes to the maximum immersion of a student into the foreign speech activity. It has been shown that the communication-centered approach to the study of foreign languages involves the formation of students’ skills and abilities of the adequate perception of foreign language speech and expression of their own opinions in the foreign language according to the specific situation. The peculiarities of the formation of foreign-language communicative competence of students of non-linguistic specialties as mastering special linguistic means and non-verbal aspects of the studied language have been revealed. It has been proved that the development of foreign language communication skills of students of non-linguistic specialities is successfully realized in business communication training, which combines the foreign language knowledge and special scientific skills as well. They contribute to the formation of the productive professional language skills of students. Some of the most effective types of communicative activities (conditional conversation, discussion, commentary, dramatization, business game) and techniques (work in pairs, group work and cooperative learning) have been analyzed. The conclusion about the necessity of using the communication-centered approach to teaching foreign languages in a non-linguistic university has been made. It maximally brings the learning process to a real linguistic situation, developing the professional communication, sociolinguistic, socio-cultural competences of students.

Assessing intercultural communication competence of Japanese high school students in interaction with Assistant Language Teachers

Assessing intercultural communication competence of Japanese high school students in interaction with Assistant Language Teachers

Мотиваційна доцільність використання інтернет-ресурсів під час навчання англійської мови студентів-програмістів

У статті розглянуто можливості використання інтернет-ресурсів у процесі навчання англійської мови студентів-програмістів. Наведено приклади навчальних платформ, на яких представлені дистанційні освітні курси, призначені для студентів спеціальності «Інформаційні технології».Окреслено основні способивпровадження у навчальний процесматеріалів та результатів навчання, отриманих під час проходження курсів. Вказано на шляхи розширення професійних інтересів студентів та мотивації їх самостійної роботи з іноземної мови під час перегляду аутентичних відеоматеріалів, із подальшим відпрацюванням нової лексики. Визначено перспективи досліджень з цієї науково-методичної проблеми.

ИССЛЕДОВАНИЕ УСЛОВИЙ ВОСПИТАНИЯ ТВОРЧЕСКОЙ ЛИЧНОСТИ СТУДЕНТОВ НЕЯЗЫКОВЫХ ВУЗОВ В ПРОЦЕССЕ ИЗУЧЕНИЯ ИНОСТРАННОГО ЯЗЫКА: АНАЛИЗ РЕЗУЛЬТАТОВ

The research was carried out at the 1st and the 5th years of study in control and in experimental groups. In the course of determining the level of communicative competence in the experimental groups, the program of psycho-pedagogical support of University students was used providing such nurturing conditions of students’ creative personality as psychological aspects of building language, speech and communicative competences; mastering techniques of overcoming difficulties in the process of students’ communication while studying a foreign language; developing creative thinking. At the first stage of the study there was proved the hypothesis that developing creativity, promoting cultural environment at a foreign language lesson have a positive impact on development a student’s personality. Analysis of language and communicative competences of students revealed that students in the control and experimental groups at the first and the last year of study had an identical level of language competence, and the level of communicative competence was higher in the experimental groups than in the control groups in which psycho-pedagogical conditions were not taken into consideration.

The didactic potential of cloud technologies in the study of computing disciplines by bachelors in system analysis

Research goals: improvement of a technique of development of information and communication competence of students of specialty “System analysis” using cloud technologies in the process of studying technical disciplines. Research objectives: to reveal the didactic potential of cloud computing for the development of ICT competence of students while studying computing. Object of research: process of training of bachelors in system analysis. Subject of research: methods of development of ICT competence of bachelors in system analysis with the use of cloud technologies in teaching computing. The results of the study: refined didactic potential of cloud computing in teaching computing, which contributes to professional and practice-oriented focus of educational outcomes and development of ICT competence of bachelors in system analysis.

ICT in Teaching a Foreign Language in High School

Abstract The purpose of the study is to evaluate the importance of ICT usage in teaching foreign languages in universities and the development of practical recommendations to enhance the effectiveness of foreign language teaching using ICT. The paper summarizes the most effective types of ICT for the development of linguistic and communication competence of students: PowerPoint presentation, correspondence by e-mail, training programs on CD-ROM, internet resources in teaching of foreign languages. In the study the full description of the above mentioned types of ICT is given.

Comunicación en el currículo médico

This review addresses the integration of communication in the context of medical education as it is a central axis of health curricula and an instrumental part of the clinical relationship. Based on the current context in medical practice, its problems and needs, teaching alternatives which favor the development of communication abilities and competencies of students are proposed. Besides considering the meaning of adequate communication, this initial approach considers the main global models that have served as guidelines for different schools of medicine during curriculum development. Within the creation of such curricular proposals, aspects such as the way communication is conceived from the perspective of the academic program have been considered, if it is understood as an independent course or if it is integrated within the achievement of other biomedical competencies (in a transversal manner in the curriculum). Other topics are related to content, the definition of teaching methodologies, learning, evaluation and the need to guarantee the accompaniment and feedback to students due to the nature of the communication experience during the clinical practices and its relevance in humane and comprehensive education.

УЧЕБНЫЙ НОРМАТИВНО-СТИЛИСТИЧЕСКИЙ СЛОВАРЬ РУССКОГО ЯЗЫКА КАК ИНОСТРАННОГО: КОНЦЕПЦИЯ И СТРУКТУРА

The article is devoted to actual problems of creation of new types of learning dictionaries of Russian as a foreign language. On the basis of the modern theory and practice of Russian learning lexicography oriented to non-native speakers and on the basis of the problems of teaching of Russian in the contemporary sociocultural conditions it concludes , that among the most important areas of domestic academic lexicografy now should be considered the creation of special standart stylistic dictionaries containing comprehensive reflection of the stylistic system of the Russian language, stylistic characteristics of Russian words and standarts of the literary language and focused on the expansion of language, communication, cultural and linguistic competence of students in the field of Russian speech culture. These dictionaries are not currently available, and it comes into conflict with both the needs of society and the requirements of modern linguistics in teaching Russian as a foreign language. The aim of the article is a summary of the author’s conception of the complex standart stylistic dictionary of the Russian language culturalurological orientation designed for studying Russian as a foreign language, and based on the representation of complex information about the stylistic characteristics of the Russian words and practicing their skills in the use of normative speech. The article presents the results of studies on the preparation of the title of the dictionary, ongoing at the Regional Centre of the Russian language, Voronezh State Pedagogical University. It describes the theoretical bases of this lexicographical work and its preliminary design: the typological features of dictionary, its structure and organization entries. The novelty of the proposed lexicographical development tipe is determined by the characteristics of its organization, the nature of the language material derived not only from the modern Russian language dictionaries of various types, but also of special author’s corpuses as well as relying on modern methods of computer and corpus linguistics.