Keyword: «teaching foreign languages»

The urgency of the problem stated in the article is conditioned by the necessity to analyze the mechanisms of informational support to the Russian higher inclusive education. From this viewpoint, teaching a foreign language requires new approaches to the use of the linguistic and educational potential of e-learning modalities in order to develop the personal skills of students with disabilities, to encourage their creative thinking, and to form the ability of finding strategic solutions to both academic pursuits and practical tasks when learning a foreign language. The purpose of this study is to scientifically and practically substantiate the linguo-didactic potential of electronic teaching aids (ETA) when teaching foreign languages in inclusive education. The research is based on the following methods: theoretical analysis and synthesis of the Russian and foreign learned treatises on the subject, pedagogical observation and the method of analyzing communicative competence in teaching foreign language to students with disabilities in an inclusive university. Based on the research findings, the article presents the scientific substantiation, essence and structure of the integrated implementation of the electronic teaching aids linguo-didactic potential in teaching foreign languages in inclusive education. The theoretical value of the research is as follows: it analyzes and summarizes the main theoretical approaches to ETA linguo-didactic potential in inclusive foreign languages teaching; reveals and defines the concept of "electronic teaching aids" in the system of social and humanitarian knowledge; specifies the ETA characteristics. The practical significance of the research results lies in distinguishing the components of the methodological support for using the ETA linguo-didactic potential when teaching foreign languages in an inclusive educational institution. The basic premises can be used in scientific and pedagogical staff training and upgrade training courses for university teachers who work with students with disabilities.

The article touches upon the issue of forming communicative competence while working with authentic texts. The author touches upon the problem of formation of communicative competence of schoolchildren, paying special attention to the possibility of using adapted authentic texts.

The article deals with the use of linguo-cultural material at the initial stage of teaching a foreign language. The author considers the origin of culture-oriented linguistics as a separate branch of linguistics, describes five principles that form the methodological base culture-oriented linguistics, analyzes the ways of communicating country-specific information to students, concludes that the linguo-cultural aspect is an important component of foreign language education at its every stage, including early education. It has a high didactic potential, as it forms children’s interest and motivation to learn a foreign language; meets the principles of informativeness and novelty, which must be adhered proceeding from features of developmental psychology of preschool children and primary school students; to present and improve linguo-cultural information, as well as other linguistic and non-linguistic knowledge, it is advisable to use activities peculiar to children of this age

The article touches upon the issue of forming communicative competence while working with authentic texts. The author analyzes the process of forming communicative competence of schoolchildren, paying special attention to the possibility of using adapted authentic texts.