Uliya Veldina

The article discusses the dissemination and influence of German language in America, provides examples from the history of German immigration, and compares the current and past events related to the German people in the New World. The author of the article gives some examples of isolated German dialects in North America and highlights their differences from local English.

The article deals with the brief description of German writing’s history and development as a separate manifestation of European culture’s intellectual development. In addition, the authors give some typical faces of Gothic types, which had a considerable impact on the development of modern German writing.

The article discusses the main types of educational institutions of secondary vocational education in the Volga region, analyzes and compares the process of training specialists in these institutions. The author also touches upon the problems of the development of the existing network of educational institutions.

The article deals with the terminology of media education, definitions of media competence of students at technical university in the foreign language’s educative process. The author provides insight into the special aspects of media competence’s formation with the modern foreign media’ enjoyment, particularly Web 2.0 technologies. Web 2.0 technologies include Webquest, Calaméo, Gloster, LearningApps, Mindmeister, Podcasts, Quizlet, Voki, Voxopop, Wordle.

The article deals with the first normative legal documents, which established the basis for the formation of legislative base of secondary professional education in Volga region.