Zankova A. A.

The article views some peculiarities of teaching foreign languages to adults in non-formal education, as well as the difficulties that language instructors encounter teaching Russian as a foreign language. The author distinguishes the significant aspects that should be taken into consideration in order to teach adult learners effectively in non-formal education.

Keywords: non-formal education, andragogy, adult learners, Russian as a foreign language (RFL).

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Veretennikova A. Ye.

The article covers the formation of general cultural competence in English classes. The data of a survey of both freshmen and senior cadets of the MVD higher education institutions participating in law enforcement during international sporting events are presented. The necessity of balancing linguistic and regional studies and professionally oriented content of educational materials is emphasized.

Keywords: the English language, general cultural competence, linguistic and cultural knowledge, social communication, cadets of the MVD higher education institutions.

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Portnova T. Yu.

The aim of the paper is an attempt to demonstrate on a fragment of an English lesson with MSTU CA students how the “Reading and writing for critical thinking” technology works.  The author justifies a need for critical thinking at the modern level of development of the IT environment. The article contains description of a three-step learning model presenting the technology base and predefining its realization. The advantages of cluster presentation of material are noted.

Key words: “Reading and writing for critical thinking” technology, learning model, mind map.

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L. V. Ermakova

The problem of the quality of foreign language education in the conditions of exponential development of digital media has always been the focus of Russian linguodidactics, theory and methods of teaching foreign languages. The article is devoted to the problem of foreign language education in secondary vocational education in the era of globalization, global cooperation and competition, technologization, information society, intercultural communication, as well as economic reforms in Russia. The author agrees with the point of view that the language of media combines elements of communication and impact and is considered as one of the main modern means of formation of media competence of the secondary linguistic personality capable to function fully in the mediatized society.

Key words: media competence, mediatized communication, mediatized society, foreign language communication, foreign language education, intercultural communication, language personality, secondary language personality.

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UDC 372.881.111.1 BBK 74.268.19

Z. I. Trubina

Scientific and technological progress creates a new social order for educational institutions. The society needs the professionals who are constantly evolving in their professional field and are able to transform the received knowledge and find creative solutions to problems. The originality of the thinking processes is an essential characteristic of a modern specialist. Therefore the problem of creative thinking development is determined by the particularities of the innovative approach in the educational system. Foreign languages have the potential for the use of innovative teaching methods and contribute to the process of formation of students’ creative thinking.

Keywords: creative thinking, foreign languages, innovative methods

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Antonova A. B.

Contrastive analysis has a great educational potential. However it is quite difficult to use it in teaching Russian-English translation to the students of the Asian-Pacific region due to the problem of three contacting languages’ interaction (two foreign languages: Russian and English and the learners’ native languages); it’s quite problematic and painstaking to reveal all the similarities and the difficulties of the elements of these non-related languages’ systems.

Key words: contrastive analysis, students of the Asian-Pacific region, Russian-English translation, contacting languages

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Musokhranova M. B.

An ecological approach actualizing the relationship between the appropriate culture and the idea of professional know ledge continuity the content of which is predominantly expressed by Greco-Latin terms has been presented in this article.

Keywords: term, terminogenesis of medicine, terminological literacy, ecological approach.

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Trubina Z. I.

Today, intellectually and creatively developed professionals who are ready to work in a constantly changing society are highly demanded.

Foreign language lessons provide a great opportunity for the education of creative students, due to the fact that they have a communicative and research focus, that provide students with the ability of self-searching and application of new knowledge, and also shape the experience of creative activity.

Choosing new methods of teaching a foreign language and introducing them in their practical work, teachers should take into account their features to achieve better results. Literature analysis revealed the following conditions: individual approach to students; favorable climate in the classroom, without criticism that will be the basis for independence of students’ judgment; careful selection of educational material (especially texts) that meets students’ interests; systematic use of active methods of teaching foreign languages.

Such teaching methods like creative exercises and laboratories, projects and gaming techniques, and also the use of modern information technologies can be considered as a priority in teaching foreign languages. These methods are aimed at active intellectual and creative activity, formation of skills of self-organization, as they are based on the problematic situations that students may encounter in their daily lives.

Positive emotions caused by such methods of study contribute to students’ cognitive, communicative and creative activity, which in turn effectively influence the process of learning foreign languages.

Keywords: foreign language; creative thinking; methods of teaching.

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L. N. Puzeikina, V. B. Rebikov

Bad pronunciation can damage even good knowledge of foreign language making the speech absolutely incomprehensible for the interlocutor. The reduction of academic teaching hours for phonetics in modern foreign language teaching programs (or even complete absence of this subject) can be compensated by innovative methods of teaching foreign languages, for example, e-learning platform Moodle. Experience of practical usage of such course is presented in this article.

Key words: German studies, teaching the German language, phonetics of the German language, e-learning, blended learning

Larisa N. Puzejkina

St. Petersburg, Russland

Valerij B. Rebikov*

St. Petersburg, Russland

E-LEARNINGSTRATEGIE IM FACH GERMANISTIK: DIDAKTISCHE MÖGLICHKEITEN UND PERSPEKTIVEN DES PHONETIKUNTERRICHTS*

Eine schlechte Aussprache kann auch gute Fremdsprachenkenntnisse zunichte machen und die Rede für den Gesprächspartner ganz unverständlich machen. Im Zusammenhang mit der Streichung der Unterrichtsstunden zum Studium der Phonetik in den gegenwärtigen Studienprogrammen für Fremdsprachenstudium (oder sogar mit dem vollkommenen Fehlen dieses Unterrichtsfaches), können diese Verluste durch neue, innovative Methoden des Fremdsprachenunterrichts wieder gutgemacht werden, zum Beispiel durch LMS Moodle. Dieser Artikel ist das Ergebnis der Erfahrung, die bei der Anwendung eines solchen Kurses gewonnen wurde.

Schlüsselwörter: Germanistik, Deutschunterricht, Phonetik, Netzbegleitung, Distanzunterricht**

* Die Autoren danken herzlich unserem Kollegen, Herren Dr. Oliver Pfau für seine freundliche und unersetzbare Hilfe bei der Korrektur des vorliegenden Artikels und für die Teilnahme an den phonetischen Aufnahmen des Phonetischen Einführungskurses. Der beste Dank gilt auch Frau Esther Machhein für Ihre Leistung bei den Aufnahmen des Kurses.

** Das Thema war in Form eines Impulsreferates bei der XXXI. DAAD-Germanistikkonferenz „Neue Wege der Fachdidaktik“ in Pjatigorsk (15.-17.05.2014) vorgestellt.

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