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TEACHING MATERIALS “INFOTECH ENGLISH FOR COMPUTER USERS” AS THE AID FOR FORMING FOREIGN LANGUAGE COMMUNICATIVE PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE IN STUDENTS OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TRAINING PROGRAMS // Tomsk State Pedagogical University Bulletin. 2018. Issue 7 (196). P. 149-155

The article studies the relevance of forming foreign language communicative professional competence in students of information and communication training programs. The article states the definition of competence, studies the process of teaching students a foreign language for specific purposes and the techniques of educational process organization. The foreign communicative professional competence is defined by the authors as multicomponent, that combines foreign, communicative, educational, intercultural and professional competences. The authors present the foreign communicative professional competence as the ability and readiness of students to account the main linguistic features of the foreign language in the communication. The students develop professional skills with the help of material in a foreign language by the analysis, comparison and the determination of prospective changes in the professional field and the discussion of obtained results for the solution of main tasks in a professional activity. The authors share their experience of using the educational methodology course Infotech English for Computer Users for the formation of foreign language communicative professional competence of students of information and communication training programs. Different sections of the textbook are aimed at the formation of every component of foreign language communicative professional competence. The key advantage of the course is the ability to develop all types of speech activity. The arrangement of educational material in the course allows the teachers to manage the educational process in accordance with the students’ level of foreign language and the necessary results. The article gives a detailed description of all sections of this course. The course promotes the formation and development of each component of the foreign language communicative professional competence.

Keywords: English for specific purposes, foreign language communicative professional competence, educational methodology course Infotech English for Computer Users

Special features of teaching staff training for foreign language teaching within digitalization in Ural Federal University // Tomsk State Pedagogical University Bulletin. 2023. Issue 5 (229). P. 76-83

Currently the government of Russian Federation provides a lot of resources for the educational system in general and for training of teaching staff, in particular. These spheres are one of the key aspects for development today. Thus, the Concept of Teaching Staff Training for the System of Education prior to 2030 (June, 24 2022) was established and adopted to increase the quality of higher education in Russia. This Concept implies mainstreaming of information and communication technologies in the system of education in Russia. It is necessary to underline, that the process of digital transformation takes place not only in the system of education but in various spheres of life, in economy, medicine, to name a few. This trend includes partial or full transition to digital media which simplify social processes that cannot always undergo offline. It became vivid during the period of pandemic when the world had to switch over to distant communication. Educational establishments address the possibilities of electronic educational environments combining educational content of various forms (text, video, audio materials). Electronic educational resources are in open access; students may practice any time from any place in case of the Internet accessibility. Whereas teachers have an opportunity to update the educational content systematically and stay in tune with students’ requirements, applying approaches of individualization and humanization of the educational process. The authors of the study highlight special features of using electronic educational courses. This paper introduces advantages and disadvantages of electronic educational courses’ application in teaching staff training for foreign language classes in terms of electronic educational courses “Foreign Language 44.03.01”, “Practice of speaking and writing (English) Semester 1”, “Lingvocultural Studies and Country Studies”.

Keywords: teaching methodology, foreign language, teaching staff, digitalization, information and communication technologies, electronic educational resource, electronic educational course