TO BE OR NOT TO BE: РЕФОРМА СИСТЕМЫ ПРЕПОДАВАНИЯ ИНОСТРАННЫХ ЯЗЫКОВ В ВУЗЕ ГЛАЗАМИ СТУДЕНТОВ
Journal Title: Гуманітарний часопис - Year 2016, Vol 1, Issue 2
Abstract
Kopylov Volodymyr, Kolotova Ludmila, Lobanova Larisa TO BE OR NOT TO BE: REFORM OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING AT UNIVERSITY THROUGH THE EYES OF STUDENTS. Today the Ukrainian educational system faced with the task of training high quality professionals able to find employment not only in our country but also in the global labor market. But now most of our specialists with higher education have no knowledge of foreign languages therefore they can’t work anywhere but Ukraine and post-Soviet countries. In order to reverse the situation and bring the teaching of foreign languages to the next level, the KhAI administration initiated the internal reform. Sociological research of foreign language teaching problems in our university should help this reform. The study interviewed 1845 students of National Aerospace University named after N. E. Zhukovsky "KhAI", studying in 2015-2016 academic year. The level of foreign language skills of KhAI students was analyzed. We asked students to assess their knowledge level and to assess their satisfaction of it. It was found that the number of respondents who were satisfied almost 3 times less than unsatisfied. The result confirmed the necessity and timeliness of the reform. The key issue of this research was students' attitude to the project of reform of foreign language teaching in KhAI. The fact that most of the students supported the initiative of the administration, although this will inevitably involve them and their families at additional expenses, is positive. There are histograms in the article, which show the level of foreign language skills of KhAI students, their readiness to improve their level and goals of language learning. They illustrate that the majority of students consider foreign language as a part of their life (work, travelling, education, etc.). Sociological research has revealed the desire of students to study foreign languages in KhAI after the reform. The students believe that they can get high-quality language training in our university. There is a significant credit of trust, which can and should be used for the benefit of the university and students. It should also be noted that the students were ready to answer specific questions about the schedule of additional classes, cost, duration of courses. We asked students to answer the question: "Which languages would you like to study professionally?" English language became the absolute leader with more than 86% of the responses. Learning English in Ukraine became the state strategy, while it takes only the third place in the world ranking. German took second place in our ranking, and French - the third. The conducted analysis allows the authors to conclude that modern KhAI students understand the need to learn a foreign language and are ready for changes, which are able to raise their level. Therefore, the introduction of new forms should be started, and it might be we who have found the gentlest way to update the university being ahead of the reform of the sector. Hopefully, this experience will be useful for other universities.
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Володимир Копилов, Лариса Лобанова, Людмила Колотова
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