ІННОВАЦІЙНІ МЕТОДИ ВИКЛАДАННЯ ІНОЗЕМНИХ МОВ ДЛЯ СТУДЕНТІВ НЕМОВНИХ СПЕЦІАЛЬНОСТЕЙ

• Authors: Юлія Скарлупіна

Title variants

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Innovative methods of foreign languages teaching for the non-language faculties.

• Languages of publication: UK

Abstracts

EN

The article is aimed to examine the international experience of using innovative methods in the foreign languages teaching for the students of non-language faculties. The critical analysis of the literature, the deep study and summarizing of the positive experience of Ukrainian, European and American teachers of English and French as foreign languages allowed the author to focus on the efficiency of the introducing new approaches to teaching foreign languages, for special purposes in particular. Such methods as problem-based learning, blended learning, communicative language teaching, together with technology-based approaches, such as blog or Bring Your Own Device method, are briefly described in the article. The article is focused on the active role of a student, when the role of a teacher is that of a facilitator, helping students with the activities they do themselves. The basic principle of the problem-based learning is the fact, that the language learning is strengthened by the students’ experience in the other fields. Students not only acquire language competences, but become proficient in problem-solving, logical thinking and team work, thus becoming more competitive in their future career. Innovative technologies, in their turn, give both the teacher and the students not only the opportunity to get access to the unlimited sources of information, but to find the new ways of interaction, to see the language course relevance and possibilities of its practical use, that is to improve the interdisciplinary connections. The practical significance of this article is closely connected with the effectiveness of the methods discussed, possibilities of their implementation into the language teaching. The above-mentioned efficiency is proved by the experience of using institutional and teacher created blogs for the language-teaching purposes. It goes without saying that the peculiarities of these methods, as well as the aspects of teaching adults, should be taken into account. Their influence upon the students’ motivation cannot be overestimated, but at the same time, they can cause such problems as lack of cognitive activities. This fact can be the basis for the further study of the modern technologies impact on a future professional’s personal development as well as the role of the foreign language teacher and the necessity of the life-long learning.

Keywords

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foreign languages; problem-based learning; communicative method; information technology; blended learning; web resources; blog; independent work; motivation of students.

• Publisher: Sumy State Pedagogical University named after A.S. Makarenko
• Journal: Педагогічні науки: теорія, історія, інноваційні технології
• Year: 2016
• Issue: 4(58)
• Pages: 347-353

Dates

published

2016-04-25

Contributors

author

Юлія Скарлупіна