Keyword: «foreign students»

The article is devoted to the study of the effectiveness of mentoring in foreign language education. In the study, we had to determine the possibilities of using academic support in the English lessons of foreign students, the psychological foundation of mentoring and its application to overcome the difficulties encountered by freshmen.

In this article comparative characteristics of Russian and English intonation patterns are represented to simplify the acquisition of intonation by foreign (Turkmen) students. The authors also consider features of Turkmen intonation patterns. Concious studying of English and Russian intonation patterns and imitation are thought to serve for reducing or overcoming interference.

This article examines various challenges that a teacher may face while teaching a subject to students of different nationalities. It also provides arguments about how it is necessary to teach such students, what skills and competencies a teacher should have and what educational standards should be applied. Also, there’ve been mentioned various approaches to teaching students from different cultures.

The relevance of the research of the stated topic is due to the need to analyze the features of the formation of linguistic and cultural competence of foreign students of a pedagogical university on the basis of a competence-based approach from the point of view of modern research and the situation that develops in the modern education system. The purpose of the study is to analyze the features of the formation of linguistic and cultural competence of foreign students of a pedagogical university on the basis of a competence-based approach. The leading approaches to the study of this process are the analysis of the concept and the main components of linguistic and cultural competence, as well as the analysis of the activities of methodologists and practicing teachers in the formation of linguistic and cultural competence of foreign students of a pedagogical university on the basis of a competence approach. As the main result of the research, the authors come to the conclusion that the formation of linguistic and cultural competence of foreign students of a pedagogical university should be carried out not only on the basis of a competence-based approach, but also with maximum immersion in Russian-language linguistic culture, and the examples of tasks given by the authors for foreign students of pedagogical specialties will help to accomplish this mission. The theoretical significance of the study is in the fact that it provides a detailed analysis of the concept of competence in general and linguistic and cultural competence in particular, identifies the features of the formation of linguistic and cultural competence of foreign students of a pedagogical university on the basis of the competence approach, and also provides examples of specific exercises aimed at its formation. The practical significance of the research lies in the fact that the research materials, as well as the conclusions made by the authors, can be successfully used to develop lesson summaries and individual exercises aimed at forming the linguistic and cultural competence of foreign students of a pedagogical university on the basis of a competence-based approach.

The period of study at the university is one of the most significant stages of professional socialization, since at this time the knowledge and skills necessary for successful professional activity are acquired, value attitudes and adaptive abilities necessary for successful solution of professional tasks in a dynamically changing world are formed. The process of professional socialization of foreign students studying at regional Russian universities has a pronounced specificity, which is insufficiently studied in modern pedagogical science. The article presents the normative knowledge about the organization of the process of foreign students’ professional socialization in a regional university. The purpose of the study is to substantiate the model of activity of teachers of a regional university and other persons organizing the process of professional socialization of foreign students. The leading approach to the study of the problem is the theory of the dialogue of cultures, which allows us to consider the professional socialization of foreign students from the standpoint of their inclusion in the context of professional culture. The main results of the study include the allocation of meaningful characteristics, typical problems and a means of professional socialization for each stage of foreign students’ professional socialization. The scientific novelty of the research consists in the development of a normative model of foreign students’ professional socialization in a regional university, which represents the unity of three stages – adaptation, individualization and integration. The theoretical significance of the study is that its results concretize scientific ideas about the professional socialization of students, taking into account the specifics of professional training in a foreign cultural environment at the regional level. The practical significance of the research results reflected in the article lies in the possibility of using them to improve the effectiveness of the process of professional training of foreign students at the regional level.