Social Networks in Teaching English for Specific Purposes

Grigorieva, Ksenia; Salekhova, Leila

doi:10.21125/inted.2017.0255

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“…CLIL classroom materials are rich in content and more challenging and engaging. Information technology (IT) usage including web 2.0 tools like educational social networks/groups, learning platforms like Moodle and Blackboard [4][5][6][7][8] presuming learners active engagement in creating the content gives additional opportunities for developing high order thinking skills and better content and language acquisition.…”

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Socio-Constructivist Approach as the Basis for Content and Language Integration in Teaching Future Engineers

Salekhova¹,

Grigorieva²,

Gabdreeva³

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Nowadays there comes a necessity to teach students-future engineers-who are able to communicate both orally and in a written form in their professional sphere. The following can be done on the basis of Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL). Simultaneous learning of content and target language is the core idea of CLIL. This integration of content and language implies constant collaboration between teachers of both subject and language that is aimed at improving the quality of teaching. The article describes the criteria of efficient integration of target language and subject content in teaching future engineers. They are usage of authentic and meaningful material and web 2.0 services as the basis for artificial target-language environment; usage of scaffolding techniques aimed at reducing cognitive and linguistic load; active usage of meaningful context and gap-principle; development of critical thinking and abilities to verbalize complex thinking processes in teaching both content and language; promotion of students' long term memory; implementation of cultural issues in content; improvement of teachers' language, subject and CLIL-methodology skills. The article highlights CLIL's socio-constructivist approach. According to the latest research, socioconstructivist approach constitutes theoretical basis of CLIL as it explains the mechanisms of human comprehension and cognition. Cognition is the key component in learning a foreign language. In terms of CLIL and socio-constructivist approach, active usage of a target language integrated with a meaningful content creates favorable conditions for target-language acquisition.

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“…For instance, D.Marsh, Marshland and Stenberg, D.Wolf [5][6][7] state a series of reasons for using CLIL in academic and professional environment. Researchers [2][3][4][5][6][7]9] distinguish the following didactic conditions of efficient content and language integration in teaching students -future engineers.…”

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Socio-Constructivist Approach as the Basis for Content and Language Integration in Teaching Future Engineers

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Gabdreeva³

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“…6 I believe that English is not "for me" The final score of motivation was estimated by summing up the factors of positive motivation (questions №. 1,2,3,4,7,8) and subtracting the factors of weak motivation (questions №. 5, 6).…”

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“…English is among the most widely used means of communication and contributing to the goal of information exchange at the global level. The modern language situation is characterized by the expansion of English language intentions in a wide variety of spheres: tourism, technique, joint ventures, university educational programs in English [4], and so on. One of the modern requirements for a potential employee is a certified level of fluency in a foreign language.…”

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Motivation and Ict in English Teaching

Gabdreeva¹,

Yakhina²,

Salekhova³

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Nowadays English is increasingly becoming one of the main sources of obtaining and accurately understanding new information and a tool to master new areas of knowledge. As a consequence, scientists still have a strong interest in finding new methods of teaching a foreign language. Even more important, this problem is acquired at the present time, when some Master's programs are taught in English. The modern learning process cannot be imagined without the use of information and communication technologies (ICT). Therefore, using ICT increases the effectiveness and intensity of training, contributes to the development of students' and teacher's skills. In addition, ICT opens up new forms and methods of teaching such as online training resources, use of virtual and artificial language environments. In the process of learning, along with the interactivity of the "teacher-student" interaction, interactivity arises in the interaction "student-learning material". All these innovations motivate both teachers and students promoting academic and professional development. Despite all the opportunities provided by ICT, the role of motivation remains the main one in the study of any curricular subject, including English. This article presents the results of ICT influence analysis on the motivational component of the learning process. The dynamics of students' progress in the same subject areas has been compared, but with different material resources in teaching (using ICT and without). The given paper considers the analysis of the students' motivation according to the survey data. The received results allow us to speak about positive influence of ICT application in training.

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Organizing Independent Work of Undergraduates Using Internet-Based Technologies

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Lukoyanova

2019

2019 12th International Conference on Developments in eSystems Engineering (DeSE)

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Social Networks in Teaching English for Specific Purposes

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Socio-Constructivist Approach as the Basis for Content and Language Integration in Teaching Future Engineers

Socio-Constructivist Approach as the Basis for Content and Language Integration in Teaching Future Engineers

Motivation and Ict in English Teaching

Organizing Independent Work of Undergraduates Using Internet-Based Technologies

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