Keyword: «humanities education»

The article solves the problem of social adaptation of first-year students in the educational space of a humanitarian university. The concepts of evolution and the factors influencing it are characterized, and the main problems faced by first-year students are identified. The characteristics of social adaptation of first-year students at a humanitarian university are determined.

The article substantiates the necessity of integrating media literacy into the structure of linguistic competence of humanities university students as a response to the challenges posed by digital transformation and the mediatization of society. Based on the analysis of scholarly works and UNESCO documents, the four-component structure of media literacy and the didactic potential of foreign-language media texts are revealed. The study proposes a system of principles for integrated teaching of foreign languages and media literacy and describes a contextual-interpretive model for its development. The findings can be applied in higher and continuing professional education, as well as in enhancing the methodological training of foreign language teachers.

This article examines a model for integrating English language instruction with professional subjects (History, Social studies, International Relations) within the training of future teachers and specialists in international relations. Methodological approaches, instructional modules, and assessment criteria aimed at developing professionally-oriented foreign-language competence are proposed, and examples of practical tasks and recommendations for implementation in a university curriculum are provided.