Keyword: «английский язык»

Quite recently, we could see students of engineering universities to neglect such subject as a foreign language completely. The students were not motivated to study this subject absolutely, they felt it was not among the basic subjects that would be useful in their future life and work. Now we can observe the opposite trend. The world is changing and it issues new challenges. Now a highly qualified specialist is not only an expert in his field, but he is also presumed to know at least one foreign language. The learning of languages now becomes interesting not only for those who study the humanities, but also for students who have basic technical disciplines. In this regard, the article discusses those requirements that the society sets for future specialists (based on the Federal Education Standards and professional standards) on example of the Ural State University of Railway Transport students.

This article is devoted to the evaluation of metasubject educational results in foreign language learning in general school. The definition of metasubject educational results is given here. Types of evaluation are represented in this article. The main accent is made on the summative evaluation. As an example, a fragment of diagnostic work in English for the 5th grade is given here.

This article analyzes "Cut Spelling handbook" developed by Simplified Spelling Society to be considered as a basis for the reform to facilitate spelling. Simplified Spelling Society in its handbook proposes to take into account the opinions of reviewers of the spelling reform.