Keyword: «public speaking»

This article provides a comparative analysis of the use of phraseological units in public speaking. The texts of the interviews of the Russian President and their translations into English are under analysis. The main attention is paid to the use of idioms in order to describe the ways of conveying the meanings of such lexical units in public political speaking when translated into English.

The relevance of the article is due to the fact that AI technologies actively entering all spheres of the economy lead to the need to update the methodology of training competitive university graduates. Artificial intelligence becomes capable of solving more and more complex tasks. It is a significant factor of influence in the labour market. Therefore, the application of AI technology plays an increasingly important role in teaching foreign languages to students including public speaking. Presentation competence as the ability to effectively speak in public is one of the demanded competences of graduates of humanitarian majors. The aim of this article is to describe the approbation of the module of teaching students public speaking with the help of traditional approaches and AI technologies, as well as to analyze the obtained results. Approbation of the module "Teaching Public Speaking in Digital English Environment with the Application of AI-technologies" allowed obtaining the following results: positive dynamics of development of presentation competence in the aspects of logicality, coherence, and structure of the presentation, in its speech component (lexical and grammatical design of the speech, compliance with orthoepic norms and intonation) as well as in the visualization of the presented results. In addition, subjective evaluation of the participants of the experimental training revealed an increase in their motivation for oral presentations in a foreign language, a decrease in anxiety before public speaking and the formation of a positive emotional attitude to this type of communication. Scientific novelty consists in identifying theoretical and practical aspects of improving the effectiveness of formation of foreign-language presentation competence of humanitarian students, in clarifying the didactic and methodological principles underlying the teaching of public speech in the digital English-speaking environment, as well as in developing a methodology for the formation of presentation competence using AI technology and traditional methods of teaching. The theoretical significance of the study lies in analyzing the potential of AI tools for teaching public speaking and presentations, as well as in describing the algorithms of using them in the pedagogical process. Practical significance consists in presenting the results of approbation of the module within the discipline "Foreign Language". The author concludes about the effectiveness of including AI tools in teaching public speaking and presentations in a foreign language. The proposed module can also be recommended in the organisation of foreign language teaching for students of technical and natural science disciplines.