Investigation into the Professional Culture of a Foreign Language Teacher in a Multicultural Classroom from Faculty and International Students’ Perspectives

Abstract

Recent studies have shown that the number of international students, who are academically mobile, is growing. As a result, higher education institutions aim at competitiveness in the world market. Therefore, the core issue of the following work is a process of adaptation of international students to a new educational environment, especially to the process of English teaching and learning in new frameworks. Thus, the purpose of the study is to understand the role of a language teacher in the process of international students’ foreign language learning by comparing faculty’s and students’ views on certain aspects of the educational process. For the following study, quantitative and qualitative methods to collect data using questionnaires with closed-ended and open-ended questions were applied, and the data analysis was carried out. The data obtained from the conducted survey reveals the importance of studying English for international students, their motivation and difficulties that they have to face. Moreover, the obtained data show the great complexity of the English syllabus and ways of its adaptation to the needs of international students. Furthermore, the results of the survey determine an important role of the professional culture of the second language teacher in the context of integrating students into the Russian academic environment.

Metaphor-Based Research For Studying Russian And Chinese Students’ Perception Of The University

“…However, as the experience of the research interaction with Chinese respondents shows, for various reasons such as features of national psychology, poor Russian command, inherent caution in verbal contacts with the university's representatives, those verbal surveys proved to be challenging both to the researchers and the respondents (Jumardi, 2020;Shipunova et al, 2017;Stroganova et al, 2019).…”

The Use of Monologue Speaking Tasks to Improve First-Year Students’ English-Speaking Skills

“…The academic or formal aspects of selfadjustment include familiarising students with new forms of educational process organisation (lectures, seminars, practical classes), technologies for conducting training sessions, methods of teaching individual disciplines, and adaptation to the educational system of a university. Although there are a large number of scientific papers on various aspects of first-year students' adaptation, they tend to look at this process on a global scale [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]. We want to analyse more specific areas of this process, i.e., the elimination of the problems faced in the course of performing certain types of educational tasks (monologue speaking tasks) to improve the student's English-speaking skills.…”

“…These obstacles derive from the increased workload, new responsibilities, greater independence, autonomy from a teacher, and personal difficulties, which include building new relationships, adjusting to new living arrangements, coping with homesickness, etc. [1][2][3][4][5]. This process involves self-adjustment to the nature, content, conditions, and organisation of the educational process and the development of skills of independence in scholarly work.…”

Streaming Of EFL Students: Evaluation Of Effectiveness

“…Proficiency in a foreign language is one of important components of a modern specialist professional culture. Mastering a foreign language at the level necessary for a successful career is one of the most difficult tasks that a future specialist faces while studying at university (Almazova et al, 2016;Stroganova et al, 2019;Voronova et al, 2020) In the environment of a nonlinguistic university a lot of additional difficulties arise; and attempts to overcome them are often superficial.…”