Keyword: «multifunctional tasks»

Implementing intersubject links when teaching English (Practical Grammar of the English Language) to first-year Education majors (Primary education and the English language)

Author:

Izabella Kyaivyaryainen

The article summarizes the author’s experience of using various tasks when teaching English to first-year Education majors – future primary school and English language teachers (Primary education and the English language) with the aim of implementing intersubject interaction between the English language and such subjects as History, Geography, Literature. The role and significance of intersubject interaction when teaching a foreign language is analyzed, functions and methods of implementation of intersubject links are described, examples of multifunctional exercises and tasks conducted with the Education majors are given and their educative value is analyzed.

Keywords: integrated approach, integration, primary education, intersubject links, teacher’s professional expertise, multifunctional tasks

Using games and multifunctional tasks when teaching collocations (with the word «heart’) to Education majors who study English as their second foreign language

Author:

Izabella Kyaivyaryainen

The article summarizes the author’s experience of using various tasks aimed at learning and practicing collocations when teaching English to Education majors – future English language teachers. The role of collocations in a language is analyzed, the need for systematic work with collocations in class is accounted for, examples of various exercises and tasks conducted with the Education majors are given and their educative value is analyzed.

Keywords: language exercises, multifunctional tasks, collocations, interlanguage interference, lexical valency, word compatibility