Designing heuristic lessons for teaching English as a foreign language to geo-students

  • Iryna L. Shareika Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

Abstract

The article analyses the possibility of implementing innovative technologies in teaching English as a second language (ESL) for professional purposes with special attention being paid to the training of a new-generation specialist ready for professional and personal self-development through lifelong learning. There follows a detailed description of the heuristic lesson «Landforms and landscapes» developed for the students of the faculty of geography and geoinformatics of the BSU, designed on the laws and principles of heuristic didactics and aimed at developing students’ intellectual and creative abilities.

Author Biography

Iryna L. Shareika, Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

senior lecturer at the department of English for sciences, faculty of social and cultural communications

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Published
2021-09-20
Keywords: heuristic learning, educational product, heuristic personality traits, creativity, personal development
How to Cite
Shareika, I. L. (2021). Designing heuristic lessons for teaching English as a foreign language to geo-students. Human in the Socio-Cultural Dimension, 2, 4-14. Retrieved from https://journals.bsu.by/index.php/pitscd/article/view/4019
Issue
No 2 (2021): Human in the Socio-Сultural Dimension
Section
Socio-Cultural Communications