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TEACHING PROFESSIONAL FOREIGN LANGUAGE TO NON-LINGUISTIC STUDENTS BASED ON TED VIDEOMATERIALS // Pedagogical Review. 2019. Issue 3 (25). P. 123-128

The article deals with the problem of teaching professional foreign language to nonlinguistic students as there are not enough listening and video materials for the main textbooks. It highlights the importance of audition and developing listening skills as the basis for speaking activities and abilities for professional communication in the future. The article emphasizes difficulties in choosing authentic audio and video materials such as time consumption, curriculum relevance, significance and authenticity; it gives an overview of modern Internet resources available for everyone. As a result, it suggests using video materials TED (Technology Entertainment Design) which feature lectures and animated lessons on different subjects. For students with a high level of English it is recommended to use TED Talks as an extensive listening resource, for low-level students TED-Ed is appropriate, as video lessons are animated, short and easy to understand. All video materials TED are available online to the public, supplied with free transcripts in English, and subtitles which is also important to develop interest, motivation and commitment to studying. The article demonstrates the examples of video lessons TED for non-linguistic students of different specialties (technical, humanitarian); it describes stages of working on developing listening skills, necessary conditions, and types of exercises, which prove their effectiveness in audition.

Keywords: non-linguistic students, professional foreign language, videomaterials, TED talks, audition, authentic material, novelty, motivation, instruction

TO THE PROBLEM OF TEACHING PERCEPTION OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE SPEECH IN A NON-LINGUISTIC UNIVERSITY // Pedagogical Review. 2020. Issue 1 (29). P. 162-168

The article deals with the problem of teaching perception of a foreign language speech to non-linguistic students due to the transition to Federal state educational standards of the third generation ++. It highlights the importance of audition and developing listening skills as the basis for speaking activities and abilities for professional communication in the future. The article emphasizes difficulties faced by both teachers and students while working with audio materials such as lack of time and audio materials, students’ anxiety and uncertainty; it reveals the relationship of listening with other types of speech activity, it emphasizes the impossibility of learning to speak without training listening perception of speech. The article gives an overview of modern Internet resources used in the practice of a non-linguistic university and available for everyone, it notes their advantage in authenticity, communication, cognition, motivation of students. As a result, it suggests adapting and using single presentation writing exercise to teach listening at the initial stage in order to avoid difficulties of various kinds. The article demonstrates the examples of these exercises for non-linguistic students of different technical specialties; it describes stages of working on developing listening skills, necessary conditions, it proves their effectiveness in teaching audition.

Keywords: foreign languages, audition, auditory image, non-linguistic students, authentic material, single presentation writing exercise

CRITICAL THINKING DEVELOPMENT OF NON-LINGUISTIC STUDENTS THROUGH THE EDUCATIONAL FOREIGN-LANGUAGE TEXT // Pedagogical Review. 2021. Issue 2 (36). P. 124-134

The article considers the process of students’ critical thinking development through the English language resources. The authors highlight the importance of English in the developing of students’ universal competencies and their adaption to the current professional requirements. The article outlines the essential critical thinking skills that allow students to comprehend the received material, break down the material into its constituent parts, to distinguish relevant information from extraneous material, to synthesize, to infer and evaluate it. The educational foreign-language text is used as a means of students’ critical thinking development. The authors emphasize the text’s multifunction nature and its contribution into enhancement of students’ thinking activity. Despite the teachers’ keen interest in the process of critical thinking developing some authors prove the lack of methods and techniques promoting its growth. The article gives an overview of Bloom’s taxonomy and outlines its application in the educational process. The taxonomy is widely used to set educational objectives, to formulate motivating exercises and monitor headway in knowledge and skills developing. The study shows that not all textbooks and tasks are intended to enhance critical thinking skills. So, the authors analyzed their English textbook and changed their approach to work with the texts. The article describes the experience proving that new challenging tasks help students comprehend the received information, distinguish relevant facts, summarize and learn to evaluate.

Keywords: foreign language, universal competencies, critical thinking, educational foreign-language text, Bloom’s taxonomy