Implementation of methodology of content and language integrated learning (CLIL) in the process of teaching the History of the English language for future English teachers

Abstract

The primary purpose of Ukrainian higher education system is to create professional communicative competences of future philologists, i.e. the ability to solve communicative tasks in the sphere of their future professional activity. Many graduates aspire to work not only at secondary educational establishments, but also in big transnational companies, where the office language is English. Therefore, the increasing pressure of globalization changes our images of education, and good knowledge continues to provide the employment of future graduates. That is why learning English with the purpose of further development of future career is becoming extremely important. And the accent of learning the English language is being replaced to immediacy and clearness of communication. Decreasing class hours, giving a great amount of hours to individual work requires from teachers to change the traditional methodology of learning English and turn to contemporary world experience. CLIL methodology of studying the English language is becoming more widespread in the world teaching practice. The article is dedicated to the problem of implementation of content and language integrated learning (CLIL) in the process of teaching the History of the English language for the 4th year students of higher educational establishments of Ukraine. Advantages of the presented methodology are represented. The main advantages of CLIL methodology are encouraging to study the English language, the development of creative mental abilities of students, purposeful mastering of the History of the English language. The importance of the presented methodology is in the fact that learners acquire knowledge in the History of the English language which they will use in their future professional activity.