Keyword: «non-linguistic students»

The relevance of the work is due to changes in the federal state educational standards of higher education in a foreign language, where the main role is acquired by business communication skills in oral and written forms and the possession of which is impossible without formed grammatical skills. The analysis of scientific and methodological literature made it possible to identify the specifics of teaching the grammatical side of foreign language speech in a non-linguistic university, the conditions, principles and stages of formation, improvement and development of grammatical skills, types of exercises to achieve the goals set. The purpose of this study is to work out a set of exercises for improving and developing grammatical skills on a communicative basis in a non-linguistic university and justify its effectiveness. The theoretical and methodological basis of this research was made up of works devoted to the problems of teaching a foreign language in a non-linguistic university, teaching grammar of a foreign language, the formation and maintenance of students' motivation. It is proposed to use professional texts as a basis for the exercises. They arouse students’ interest, contribute to maintaining motivation to learn a foreign language. Experimental training, which included the technology of the "flipped classroom" based on the electronic course in the discipline "Foreign Language" in LMS Moodle and the worked out set of communicative exercises based on professional texts, proved their effectiveness. The positive outcomes were obtained as a result of training and were reflected in the final test and student survey. The theoretical significance of the research lies in the revision of approaches to teaching grammatical aspect in a non-linguistic university. The practical significance of the article is in the fact that this technology can be used in teaching grammatical aspect of any foreign language, provided that it is adapted accordingly, depending on the typical language difficulties, students’ needs and curriculum content.

The article focuses on the features of the use of gamification techniques in teaching a foreign language to first-year students of non-linguistic specialties of the university. The article describes examples of the use of various game elements and techniques at different stages of the learning process in a higher educational institution, explains their effectiveness and positive impact on students’ motivation to learn a foreign language.