Modern trends in foreign language teaching at non-­linguistic universities

Authors

  • Ludmila V. Khvedchenya Belarusian State University, Nezavisimosti avenue, 4, 220030, Minsk, Republic of Belarus

Keywords:

foreign language teaching, non-­linguistic university, trend, professionally oriented teaching, teaching in context, content of teaching, curriculum design, teaching techniques, technologies, technical equipment

Abstract

The article describes new tendencies in foreign language teaching at non­linguistic universities. A steady tendency to teaching professionally oriented context on the basis of a discipline specific language and communicative, job related situations is noted. The benefits of this approach, as well as specificy of content areas, curricula and syllabi design, teaching  techniques, technical equipment, the role of subject experts and other issues are discussed. The model of thematic content selection is the basic organizing principle for curriculum design and teaching techniques. The latter include cooperative  techniques, problem solving tasks, communicative tasks of any format – everything that promotes the development of foreign language professional communicative competence as the main target of teaching at non-­linguistic universities.

Author Biography

  • Ludmila V. Khvedchenya, Belarusian State University, Nezavisimosti avenue, 4, 220030, Minsk, Republic of Belarus

    doctor of science (pedagogics), docent; head of the department of english language of humaritarian faculties

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Published

2019-04-13

Issue

No. 1 (2017): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Journalism and Pedagogics

Section

Pedagogics

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Khvedchenya, L.V. 2019. Modern trends in foreign language teaching at non-­linguistic universities. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Journalism. 1 (Apr. 2019), 128–133.