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.
Authors and Affiliations
Володимир Копилов, Лариса Лобанова, Людмила Колотова
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP565902
- DOI -
- Views 178
- Downloads 0
ОСЯГНЕННЯ ФЕНОМЕНА ІДЕАЛУ У ТВОРЧОСТІ Е.В. ІЛЬЄНКОВА: ФІЛОСОФСЬКИЙ АНАЛІЗ
Chorna Lidiya PHENOMENON OF IDEAL COMPREHENSION IN SCIENTIFIC WORK BY EVALD ILIENKOV: PHILOSOPHICAL ANALYSIS The article analyses the phenomenon of Ideal as value reference in human development considered through t...
ВЫЗОВЫ И ПЕРСПЕКТИВЫ В СИТУАЦИИ РАЗЛИЧИЯ КУЛЬТУРНЫХ ИДЕНТИЧНОСТЕЙ
Volodymyr Zharkykh, Iryna Chistiakova CHALLENGES AND PERSPECTIVES IN THE CONTEXT OF DIFFERENT CULTURAL IDENTITIES In the present-day global interactive openness the degree of compatability/ incompatability in cult...
ЛОГІКА ВИКЛАДАННЯ ІСТОРІЇ ДЕРЖАВИ І ПРАВА УКРАЇНИ ВІДПОВІДНО ДО КОНСТИТУЦІЇ УКРАЇНИ
Grygory Kanischev LOGIC OF TEACHING HISTORY OF STATE AND LAW IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONSTITUTION OF UKRAINE History of State and law of Ukraine can be considered as one of the leading academic disciplines to modern...
ФОРМУВАННЯ УКРАЇНСЬКОЇ НАЦІОНАЛЬНОЇ ІДЕЇ ТА «ІДЕОЛОГІЧНА ІНДУСТРІАЛІЗАЦІЯ» В СРСР У 50-Х РР. ХХ СТ.
Mykyta Bilostotsky, Yana Kundenko FORMING of UKRAINIAN NATIONAL IDEA AND «IDEOLOGICAL INDUSTRIALIZATION» is In the USSR In 50 years ХХ centure The article is devoted to the study of the impact of Soviet totalitaria...
ОРІЄНТАЛІЗМ: ЙОГО СУТНІСТЬ І ПРОЯВИ
Severyn Nadiya ORIENTALISM: ITS ESSENCE AND MANIFESTATIONS The distinguishing characteristic of modern scientific papers is the research of crosscultural relations through the prism of post-colonial theories, among...