The article is devoted to using drama for acquisition of intonation in English as a foreign language. In drama there is the predominance of sense over meaning, of sentence over word, and of context over sentence. Drama techniques can be used in teaching as a platform for language practice. Drama is effective for developing different students' abilities, (sub-) skills and also learners' awareness of strategies. It contributes to achieving good pronunciation and speech habits. Some drama techniques can be used in the lesson to establish good rapport with students. Drama activities can be beneficial for learners' independence and responsibility and help to raise their motivation. Students have difficulty in imitating speech patterns, find it boring. Lack of creativity in the learning environment causes low motivation and initiative. Students' intonation needs practising and drama is meant to encourage students and fully involve them in the practice.
Abstract-Development of the educational establishments in Russia, evolution of the teacher's professional standards and integration of the national educational system into European academic space influence all educational participants dramatically.Students have to demonstrate their competitiveness, creativity, mobility, develop and attract their critical thinking and coordinate with the rest of the class and the teachers. As for teachers, their professional standards are being paid a lot of attention nowadays and are still being worked out to reflect and meet the needs of the local and international labour market. To achieve this goal, the authors consider further teacher training courses as an effective mass way to promote active teaching and increase teaching competences. This article considers forms of organizing teacher's professional development, types of training courses, discussion, questioning activities and techniques to prolong the discussion. The authors also define the qualities of discussion participants that are demanded by the lecturers. The selection of educational resources is also given a great deal of attention as an important issue of arranging a discussion.
Purpose. The purpose of the article is to identify the characteristics, priorities and values of the modern generation of youth for their subsequent consideration in the process of transformation of the educational process of vocational educational institutions.Methodology. In their study the authors rely upon the conceptual and categorical terminology, global laws of the development of society and other basic statements of the theory of generations of N. Howe and W. Strauss, as well as studies of their supporters and followers. The information and empirical basis for the analysis was the research data presented on the official website of the Federal State Statistics Service of the Russian Federation, Russian public opinion research center and such commercial organizations as Sberbank and Validata. Moreover, the authors' study is based on the analysis of e-content of social networks of youth from different countries. The methodological basis of the recommendations proposed by the authors of the study was valid developments, concepts and hypotheses presented in the publications of domestic and foreign scientists, reflecting the practice of functioning of educational institutions under the development of smart technologies. The development and justification of practical recommendations were carried out on the basis of the implementation of general scientific approaches: dialectical and historicallogical; under system approach methods of comparative and logical analyses were used to write this article.Results. As a result, the authors have identified the portrait and its features, values and priorities of a typical representative of Generation Z. Post-material values significantly transform the labor market, the market for educational services and the economy as a whole. The authors focus on the properties of the generation that influences the entry into the labor market and their competitiveness on it.Conclusions/recommendations. In the conclusion the authors of the article highlighted generation behavior, peculiarities and values of Generation Z due to modern digital environment, development and the widespread introduction of smart technologies. The recommendations of the educational process with representatives of Generation Z are given.Keywords: Generation Z Á Theory of generations Á Post-industrial society Á Society of knowledge Á Educational process Á Educational modules
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