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PRACTICAL ANALYSIS OF LEARNING MATERIAL IN WORK ON SPEAKING
COMPETENCE DEVELOPMENT
V.N. Smirnova, Candidate of Philosophical Sciences, Associate Professor
Z.V. Sarantsev, Student
E.A. Kolokolchikova, Graduate Student
M.A. Emelyanova, Graduate Student
Penza Cossack Institute of Technology (branch) of the Moscow State University of Technology and Management named after K.G. Razumovsky (First Cossack University) (Russia, Penza)
DOI:10.24412/2500-1000-2021-10-2-117-119
Abstract. The article presents a practical review of the teaching material of J. Cumming's textbook "English for students of architecture and construction specialties" aimed at teaching to speak a foreign language. The content of the tutorial's exercises is analyzed in the aspect of the task of forming the speaking skills with future specialists of the engineering branch. The author comes to the conclusion that the choice of this educational material determines the effective development of students' speech competence.
Keywords: foreign language, learning, competence, speaking, oral practice.
As we have already mentioned in the previous works, the contemporary educational standard implies the requirement that a foreign language can be widely applied in the field of professional communications [3, p. 82], [4, p. 5]. In the aspect of the competence-based approach provided by the new generation educational standards the survey on the practice of tutorial material application in the development of students' speaking competence remains of current importance.
As for the traditional definition used in the methodology of teaching the language competence is understood as a set of communicative skills. The importance of the oral activity under the circumstances of growing international communications makes speaking a priority among the learning tasks. The ultimate aim is to master the skill of speaking on the educational programme topics.
According to M. V. Lyakhovitsky, the predominance of prepared speech over spontaneous one at practical classes is obvious. According to him, the main attention should be paid to an unprepared statement; the teacher must stimulate such speech to achieve "elimination of error phobia" [2, p. 113].
In the aspect of this aim the tutorial "English for Science and Technology. Architecture and Building" by J. Cumming allows one to identify a number of positive aspects. The ed-
ucational content presented in this tutorial is aimed at solving the problem of spontaneous speaking. The set of exercises of the textbook is aimed at enhancing speaking activity as the ability to use the means of the English language in productive utterance reflecting the thematic direction of a potential professional conversation, for example, in the field of engineering and techno-sphere safety (Properties and Shapes, Location, Structure, Measurement) [1, p. 13-75].
The obvious advantages of this tutorial include speaking on the basis of linguistic and verbal authentic material that has been selected, structured and stylistically adapted. At the beginning of each unit of the textbook useful language models are highlighted.
We have listed the main types of tasks presented in each module of the tutorial that are aimed at developing the students' speaking skills:
- Make up a report in accordance with the proposed plan using the lexicon-grammatical models studied, for example: Now match the building type on the left with the phrase on the right to make up a similar sentence;
- Make up a report in the form of a detailed answer to a question in accordance with the proposed plan using worked out lexical and grammatical models, for example: Ask and answer questions like the following: What is
the function of a university? A university functions / serves as a place for educating students;
- Make up a report using active vocabulary and a pre-filled table that summarizes the basic information of the text, for example: Now describe the shapes of the buildings in exercise 1, page 17 and compare them with the buildings around you;
- Make a post on a topic related to that of the main text: Now make similar statements using the following prompts: a) (designs size of window) adequate window area / sufficient privacy;
- Give a description of the fact (process, phenomenon) using the proposed questions as a plan: Look at the following sketches of building from different parts of the world. Compare the buildings from the following points of view;
- Express your attitude to a fact (process, phenomenon) using colloquial formulas. In the exercises described above such activities as the making up sentences, the selection of language means due to the communication
situation, the adequate use of logical means, the use of equivalent lexical and grammatical means for expressing a thought are practiced. In addition, working with tables, graphs and diagrams helps to acquired oral speech skills.
Starting from Unit 5 the tutorial introduces tasks that have a communicative focus on the productive speech and are presented in the form of cases that imitate real situations of the techno-sphere safety sector [1, p. 53]. For instance, in Unit 10: Discuss the possibilities of catastrophes occurring in your country and their likely effects [1, p. 53].
All of these tasks are methodologically important and intended to prepare a student for the oral activity. They can be considered as an intermediate goal at the stage of training for the implementation of speaking the foreign language.
The practice of using the tutorial mentioned above proves good opportunities for effective professionally-oriented learning English and a reasonable recommendation for classes with students of engineering and techno-sphere safety academic programmes.
References
1. Cumming, J. English for students of architecture and construction; foreword to the Russian. ed. and English-Russian dictionary prof. V. N. Bgasheva. — M.: Astrel: AST, 2005. — 270 p.
2. Lyakhovitsky M.V. Methods of teaching foreign languages. — M.: Higher school, 1981. — 159 p.
3. Smirnova V.N., Sivkov G.G. Foreign language real use teaching // International Journal of Humanities and Natural Sciences. 2019. № 1-1. Pp. 81-83.
4. Smirnova V.N. Teaching scientific and technical translation in the conditions of an electronic information and educational environment in a construction university // Open education. 2019.Vol. 23. №2. Pp. 4-13.
ПРАКТИЧЕСКИЙ АНАЛИЗ УЧЕБНОГО МАТЕРИАЛА В РАБОТЕ ПО РАЗВИТИЮ РЕЧЕВОЙ КОМПЕТЕНЦИИ
В.Н. Смирнова, канд. филос. наук, доцент З.В. Саранцев, студент Е.А. Колокольчикова, магистрант М.А. Емельянова, магистрант
Пензенский казачий институт технологий (филиал) Московского государственного университета технологий и управления им. К.Г. Разумовского (Первый казачий университет) (Россия, г. Пенза)
Аннотация. В статье представлен практический обзор учебного материала пособия Дж. Камминга «Английский язык для студентов архитектурных и строительных специальностей», направленного на обучение говорению на иностранном языке. Анализируется содержание упражнений пособия в аспекте задачи формирования навыка устной речи у будущих специалистов инженерной отрасли. Автор приходит к выводу о том, что выбор данного учебного материала определяет эффективное развитие речевой компетенции учащихся.
Ключевые слова: иностранный язык, обучение, компетенция, говорение, практика устной речи.
