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THE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF FOREGROUND DIRECTIONS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS ON HUMANITIES IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION IN THE USA AND EUROPE // Tomsk State Pedagogical University Bulletin. 2010. Issue 12 (102). P. 12-18

The article includes the results of theoretical analysis of a problematic of implementation of humanitarian factors to the vocational education of engineers in the USA and Europe, based on authentic foreign scientific literature.

Keywords: competitiveness of the engineering staff, widening of the engineering education contents, integration of technical disciplines and humanities, the interdisciplinary approach, the integrative approach, the integrated educational programs.

METHODOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF PROFESSIONAL-FOCUSED FOREIGN LANGUAGE TRAINING OF CORRESPONDENCE STUDENTS AT TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY // Tomsk State Pedagogical University Bulletin. 2017. Issue 12 (189). P. 76-80

The article deals with one of the key trends in the study process at a technical university – a professional-focused direction in foreign languages teaching methods, the aim of which is to form a foreign language competence in the professional field. The authors consider the significance and multidimensionality of this problem in a technical university educational process, in particular, in training of correspondence students. The authors presume that professional-focused training can significantly enhance the motivation of the students to master a foreign language, since they realize the practical benefit of this knowledge for their future successful professional functioning. The experience of working with correspondence students at a technical university, monitoring their language needs, allows the authors to present a model of professional-focused English language teaching, the key characteristic of which is the creation of the actual teaching and methodological support of the discipline „Foreign Language“. The authors‘ opinion is that the actual content of the discipline will contribute to the realization of the language needs of the students and will help in their future professional activities. The authors generalize their experience of creation of the professional-focused textbooks in the English language which provide learning efficiency; note that texts material is related to the specifics of future professional activities; the semantic and linguistic availability of professional-focused texts is intended to form a system of concepts related to basic professional knowledge, to activate students’ cognitive activity.

Keywords: technical university, correspondence learning, foreign language competence, professional-focused training, integration with special disciplines, language needs, methodological model of foreign language professionally-focused teaching, professionally-focus

THE ROLE OF MOTIVATION IN THE PROFESSIONAL FOCUSED FOREIGN LANGUAGE TRAINING IN A TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY // Tomsk State Pedagogical University Bulletin. 2022. Issue 2 (220). P. 116-124

Introduction. The article provides a brief overview of the employment prospects of the technical universities graduates and describes one of the most urgent issues of modern Russian society which is the problem of successful employment of university graduates and optimal realization of their professional and personal potential. The realities of the modern Russian labor market are uncertain, so many university graduates do not have the opportunity to find a job in their specialty, to find a worthy application of the professional knowledge gained at the university. Aim and objectives. The aim of the article is to analyze the problems of motivation in foreign languages learning in the technical university and justify the need to develop certain measures to encourage motivation of students. Material and methods. In pedagogy and psychology, there are different approaches to understanding the essence, nature and structure of motivation. The methods of study and formulated interpretations of the concept “motivation” vary widely. In this article we analyzed pedagogical approaches, according to which motivation, actively involving students of technical higher education institution in the learning process, contributes to the formation of their foreign language competence. Results and discussion. As a result, the problem of creating certain conditions aimed at the increasing of the university graduates’ adaptability at the labor market is raised. This adaptability is based on the obtaining of additional knowledge and competencies. One of the ways to increase the competitiveness of the university graduates at the labor market is foreign language competence which is the complex of knowledge and skills that allows a university graduate to use a foreign language effectively both in professional activities and in social life. Moreover, foreign language competence is regarded today as an integral part of the general professional competence of a technical specialist. In order to obtain the optimal level of foreign language competence the authors recommend using the professional focused foreign language model which takes into account professional and language needs of technical specialists. The successful realization of professionally-focused foreign language education claims for a certain system of motivation, especially at technical universities, whose students have low motivation to study the foreign language due to the technical style of thinking and underestimation of the importance and value of foreign language knowledge in the future professional functioning. That is why the important pedagogical task is to motivate students to consciously perceive and learn a foreign language. Conclusion. Analyzing the general problems of motivation in the educational process, the authors generalize the pedagogical experience of the Faculty of Foreign Languages at the Platov South-Russian State Polytechnic University (NPI). The article shows that professional development of future engineers, expansion of their socio-cultural, cognitive and informative horizons, are largely associated with the foreign language competence. The authors call for the technical universities teachers to expand the measures aimed at increasing the motivational level of students in the process of learning a foreign language.

Keywords: improving of the adaptability of university graduates, foreign language competence, motivation to learn a foreign language, optimal organization of the educational process, the development of cognitive and professional motives, professional focused foreign language training, the educational potential of a foreign language