BILATERAL INTERPRETING COURSE IN BLENDED LEARNING: EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION
Journal Title: Advanced Education - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 10
Abstract
<p>The paper presents the research on the effectiveness of blended learning within the designed Moodle-based course of bilateral interpreting using interdisciplinary terminology. The authors analyse modern educational technologies and prospects for future professionals in the context of bilateral interpreting. The research reveals the outcomes of the experimental study conducted at the National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute” involving the students at the final stage of the bachelor’s degree programme proving the efficiency of modern approach based on blended learning concept. The study also proves the fact that integration of blended learning courses can help future professionals develop skills such as critical thinking, problem solving, agility and adaptability, initiative and entrepreneurialism, effective oral and written communication, accessing and analysing information that are considered to be critically important for the twenty-first century. The detailed analysis of modern scientific literature proves that modern information technologies and blended learning, in particular, become an integral part of today’s educational tendencies both in Ukraine and abroad, offering a wide range of possibilities for students.</p>
Authors and Affiliations
Svitlana Kolomieets, Lyudmyla Guryeyeva
FUNCTIONAL AND SEMANTIC FEATURES OF APOLOGY SPEECH ACT (BASED ON THE ENGLISH FICTIONAL DISCOURSE)
<p align="center"> </p><p>The article presents the description of the functional and semantic features of apology speech act on the basis of the English fictional discourse. The authors analyse the speech act not only wi...
CONTENT OF TEACHING PROFESSIONALLY ORIENTED WRITTEN COMMUNICATION
<p>The article is devoted to the problems of teaching foreign languages in non-linguistic universities in the process of professional education. Special attention is paid to teaching professionally oriented written commu...
TOWARDS A TYPOLOGY OF SEMANTIC DERIVATION MODELS. A CASE OF MENTAL ENGROSSMENT VOCABULARY
<p>The paper focuses on the semantic derivation models of mental engrossment vocabulary – a semantic class of words that denote the mental state of a person absorbed (lost, buried, plunged, etc.) in thought, memories, dr...
CONTENT AND LANGUAGE INTEGRATED TEACHING TO UKRAINIAN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS MAJORING IN ECONOMICS
<p>The article discloses the problem of content and language integrated teaching to Ukrainian university students majoring in economics. The characteristics of the integrated teaching are presented. Nowadays pedagogical...
MODERN METHODS AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR DEVELOPING PRE-SERVICE FOREIGN LANGUAGE AND CULTURE TEACHERS’ METHODOLOGICAL COMPETENCE
<p>Methodological training of pre-service foreign language and culture teachers is a top priority in pedagogical education nowadays. In this article, methodological competence is determined as methodological knowledge an...