Keyword: «foreign language education»

The article is devoted to the formation of professional and cross-functual professional competencies of students, the use of modern trends in foreign language education, and the training of foreign language teachers. The author considers the use of various forms of organizing foreign language classes in order to increase the efficiency of the process of teaching a foreign language in accordance with the requirements of the Federal State Educational Standard.

Civic education has become increasingly important, since the future of the country, its prosperity and development completely depend on the values of the younger generation, their views and beliefs. In the current situation, extremist ideology appears to be a serious threat to the formation and development of civil society. Today, education is recognized as one of the main social institutions that can create all conditions for preventing the spread of extremism and terrorism, as well as strengthening efforts to peacefully resolve any conflicts. The purpose of the article is to describe a model of civic education for different levels students on an interdisciplinary basis within the framework of the discipline "Foreign Language" (the case of extremism prevention) and analyze the results obtained. While studying a foreign language, students have a great opportunity to study and discuss various topics, including the prevention of the spread of terrorism and extremist ideology as one of the current global issues. Testing the model of civic education for students in the framework of the discipline "Foreign language" with the aim of preventing the spread of ideas of extremism and terrorism in groups of bachelors, graduate and postgraduate students allowed to achieve significant results. The level of students’ awareness about the spread of extremism in the territory of the Russian Federation, its social danger, the causes of dissemination and the need to counteract this phenomenon has been increased. The foundations of anti-extremist consciousness among students have been formed, resistance to any manifestations of extremist ideology has been increased due to the formation of acute rejection of extremist activities within the framework of experimental training, the foundations of civic literacy have been laid. The theoretical significance of the study lies in the analysis of priority areas in education to prevent the spread of extremist ideology among young people. The authors come to the practical conclusion that the formation of an anti-extremist personal position of students in the process of carrying out preventive measures against extremist ideology spreading among young people is effectively achieved by means of foreign languages when teaching the Humanities majors. Such experience can be recommended for distribution in the educational process among students of engineering and natural science specialties.

The article is devoted to the formation of students' transprofessional competencies (soft skills), the use of modern trends in foreign language education, and the training of foreign language teachers. The author considers the developing potential of using modern forms of organizing foreign language classes in order to increase the effectiveness of the learning process in the context of current changes in the educational environment.

The article considers the problem of the psychological and pedagogical aspect of developing motivation for cognitive activity in foreign language teaching. As long as motivation is a complex system consisting of many components, while the student accumulates the experience of mastering a foreign language, all other components of the motivational system are transformed as well.

The article is devoted to the consideration of the use of modern technologies in the process of teaching a foreign language to students at a university with a humanitarian profile, the training of foreign language teachers, the interaction of universal and professional competencies in the process of foreign language education, the criteria for selecting forms and methods in foreign language education, taking into account the development of technological processes and external circumstances.