Підвищення рівня володіння іноземною мовою студентами немовних спеціальностей ВНЗ як необхідна умова забезпечення права на академічну мобільність

Abstract

Стаття присвячена проблемі вивчення іноземної мови у вищій школі студентами немовних спеціальностей в умовах реалізації права студентів на академічну мобільність. Розглянуто важливість набуття знань, умінь і навичок з іноземної мови для здійснення академічної мобільності і майбутньої професійної діяльності, а також розкрито можливі шляхи підвищення рівня володіння іноземною мовою студентами немовних спеціальностей. Проаналізований матеріал вказує на необхідність формування у студентів іншомовної комунікативної компетентності, зокрема англомовної, з огляду на інтеграцію нашої держави в європейський освітній простір. The article is devoted to the study of a foreign language in high school by the students of non-linguistic specialties in terms of realization the students’ right to academic mobility. The importance of acquiring knowledge and skills in a foreign language to perform academic mobility and future career has been considered, and also the possible ways to increase the level of foreign language proficiency by the students of non-linguistic specialties have been revealed. The analyzed material stresses the need for the formation of students’ foreign language communicative competence, particularly English, with a view to the integration of our country into the European educational space. This paper mainly presents the idea that mastery of knowledge, skills and abilities of the foreign language communication by the the students of non-linguistic specialties is a necessary condition for the realization of the educational process participants’ right to academic mobility. The aim of the article is theoretical grounding of the basic ways of improving the level of foreign language knowledge by the students of non-linguistic specialties in the context of realization the national universities students’ right to academic mobility in Ukraine and abroad. The objective of the article is: 1) to analyze the process of foreign language training of the non-liguistic specialties students in terms of students’ academic mobility formation; 2) to determine the factors that affect the acquisition of high-quality foreign language knowledge by the students of non-linguistic specialties. The neсessity of a foreign language proficiency at the appropriate level is greatly enhanced by the integration of modern generation into the economical, educational and socio-cultural global space. Taking this into consideration, those specialists who master at least one foreign language, have intercultural communication skills and possess a foreign language competence will be able to adapt to the multicultural environment and to realize their professional and personal potential. In order to reach the foreign language knowledge level of an independent user (B2) by the students of non-linguistic specialties the following suggestions are important: increasing the number of foreign language classroom hours; dividing the groups with high occupancy of students into subgroups; selecting secondary school graduates with a good knowledge of a foreign language for admission to the university; involving university students with poor knowledge of a foreign language or those willing to improve already acquired knowledge in the foreign language learning courses organized in the university; introducing the obligatory course "Fundamentals of scientific communication in a foreign language" in all master's degree programmes aimed at becoming proficient in a foreign language for scientific purposes. The key to successful learning of a foreign language is not only the syllabus design in accordance with the international standards, but also changing the approach to the organization and conduct of classroom lessons, as well as independent work of students. The use of modern forms and methods of learning a foreign language makes it possible to improve the motivation of students to educational activity and to strengthen their interest in foreign languages. Practical implementation of proposals for increasing the level of foreign language proficiency of non-linguistic specialties students and reaching the level B2 (independent user) by them will contribute to the process of intensification of academic mobility, to the improvement of the Ukrainian education quality and to the approximation of the national education system to the European one, and consequently, the entry of the Ukrainian universities into the European community as worthy and equal members.