Keyword: «methods of teaching foreign languages»

Modern educational paradigm faces the wide range of problems nowadays. One of the main issues is the problem of transition of high school leavers from narrow school world to the ‘adult’ world. While choosing their path whether to continue studying or to start working, graduates realize that they do not have the required set of skills needed for effective functioning in the nearest future. This problem generates other similar problems, such as the problem of career choosing, inability to make decisions, set goals and take on a responsibility. Such uncertainty worries young people and make them and their parents feel anxious which leads to early sending down from institutions of higher education, unjustified expectations and the feeling of time wasted in vain. The desire to solve this problem has helped us decide the direction of our study. That is why the aim of our study is to reveal the peculiarities of eduScrum tecnology influence on soft skills development. Having based on eduScrum technology, we have studied it thoroughly and discovered that this methodology leads students and teachers to the improvement of academic results in learning the school program when it is followed according to the strict plan. The next step in our study was the consideration of soft skills as the idea that is becoming more and more popular in applied linguistics. Soft skills today are regarded as an important stage of students’ development, because they represent those qualities, which would be useful in future work or education. In addition, the relevance of this study is justified by the lack of related works on the impact of eduScrum on the development of soft skills in schoolchildren. We may draw a conclusion that the described problem was not studied from such a side, and that has become the main criterion for choosing it. The question of potential of eduScrum technology in soft skills formation and development was studied both theoretically and practically and it is our MA thesis statement. The result of the research experiment is the electronic manual for teachers and students aimed to facilitate the studying process, to structure it and to enhance the results. Simultaneously with studying goals we also managed to raise awareness of our students about soft skills and develop some of them during the work with eduScrum.

The article suggests using translation contests as an instrument for multicultural competence formation for international students. The article deals with the objectives of the contest, peculiarities of its organization, and gives analysis of its perspectives for further motivation of foreign students to study foreign languages and cultures.

This article explores the prospects of integration various artificial intelligence features in the process of learning foreign languages in schools. It is difficult to imagine many areas of life without modern technologies therefore their incorporation into the educational process is inevitable. The history of this issue and the first experience of using programs based on artificial intelligence are discussed, along with teachers' attitudes towards this innovation.

This article is devoted to traditional and modern methods of teaching foreign languages in general education institutions. The article discusses approaches to teaching foreign languages at the present stage and also examines traditional teaching methods and the possible ways of using them in modern methodology.

The article discusses the problem of optimizing the structure of a foreign language lesson in a higher education institution. The relevance of this research stems from the growing demand for a higher level of practical proficiency in a foreign language among students, as well as the need to optimize every aspect of the learning process. Special attention is given to the initial, organizational, and motivational stages, which, in traditional practice, are often reduced to mere technical procedures that do not contribute to solving the modern challenges of foreign language education. It is proved that the traditional approach to the beginning of the lesson, limited only to organizational issues and the announcement of the topic, is not effective enough to solve the modern most important tasks of foreign language education. The aim of the article is to theoretically substantiate and develop a practice-oriented model for conducting the initial stage of the lesson, aimed at improving the overall effectiveness of learning. The main approach to studying the problem is to analyze and synthesize domestic (activity-based, student-centered) and foreign (ESA, ARC models, Theory of Self-Determination) methodological concepts, as well as to compare the structural elements of the beginning of lessons in authentic British textbooks. The main results of the study were: identification of the shortcomings of the traditional "organizational structure"; development of a three-component model of an optimized initial stage (communicative launch, actualization and problematization, joint goal setting). The model was tested, which confirmed the increased involvement of students, increased motivation and intensification of speech practice. The theoretical significance of the work lies in the systematization of scientifically based approaches to the design of the initial stage of the lesson. The practical value of this article lies in providing specific techniques and general guidelines for teachers on how to turn the start of a lesson into a multi-functional module that engages students in productive learning activities.