UDC 378.048.2 BBK 74.4
Vepreva T. B., Pechinkina O. V.
The authors consider the contents of foreign language candidate exam in postgraduate program and suggest a new structure and training for it in Northern (Arctic) federal university named after M.V. Lomonosov.
Key words: foreign language; postgraduate studies; candidate exam in foreign language; language competence.
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UDC 372.881.111.1 BBK 81.432.1
In this article the author clarifies some crucial issues concerning vocabulary. They are: what is vocabulary, what is its role in language acquisition and what are the most efficient ways of building it.
Key-words: vocabulary; to enlarge vocabulary
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This article deals with the use of colouratives (words describing colour) in teaching French on different language levels (basic, intermediate, advanced). These exercises make vocabulary learning more effective and improve skills in a system of general education.
Key words: colouratives, types of work with colouratives, techniques of teaching French, using colouratives on different educational levels, practising colouratives
UDC 811.133.1 BBK 81.2Фр
This article offers a variety of methodological techniques for studying proverbs. These techniques are analogous to the game of playing cards. They are oriented for the first-year students of linguistic university. Proverbs can be used for morphological and semantic analysis. Their usage is aimed at motivating students to improve their speaking skills, to develop their imagination, to master language competence and expand their outlook.
Key words: language competence, methods, proverbs, teaching, the French language, morphological analysis, semantic analysis, motivation, development of imagination, developing a feeling for a foreign language, development of linguistic quick wit, lingua country studying knowledge
UDC 811.112.2+37+004.6 BBK 81.20+74.00+73.00
Puzeikina L. N., Rebikov V. B.
The article describes the prospects for the creation of e-learning phonetic introductory course using the capabilities of the virtual learning environment Moodle at the Department of German Philology at the St. Petersburg State University. The interest in the usage of electronic learning management systems is associated with the active introduction of new information technologies in the education system, including foreign languages teaching. Moodle can be used to combine many methods in order to teach correct pronunciation of a foreign language, such as audio and / or video, transcription, additional materials. The article presents the initial phase of the project results.
Key words: e-learning, introduction in German phonetics, virtual learning environment, learning management system Moodle, methods of foreign languages teaching, tests
UDC 316.77:001.8 BBK 74.202
Zheleznova T. I.
The article deals with the problems to form foreign language competence of transport university student. The purpose of the article is to describe the ways of implicit teaching based on virtual lab assignments system in a foreign language.
The author is the VLAS developer at the Foreign Languages Department of Engineering University; puts forward a hypothesis that if the foreign language curriculum reduces auditorium time, the virtual lab assignments based on multimedia optimizes forming of students’ foreign language competence and motivates them to master a foreign language.
Key words: foreign language teaching, III generation’s foreign languages teaching curricular, forming of student’s foreign language competence, competence, engineering university, student’s private work, implicit teaching, declarative knowledge, procedure knowledge, expert knowledge/expertise, motivation, virtual lab assignments system; virtual lab assignments in a foreign language.