On the question of future engineers’ competence development in foreign language writing.

Authors

  • O. O. Ivanova NTUU "KPI", Ukraine

Keywords:

professionally oriented English writing teaching, oral and written communication, writing skills, expressive and productive form of communication

Abstract

The article deals with the main problems of teaching professionally oriented English writing in higher education institutions. Teaching of professionally oriented English writing is essential for a student (particularly for a future engineer) to achieve success in his or her professional activities after graduation.Writing is an expressive and productive form of communication which has its own characteristics. All human analyzers are involved in the writing process which helps to improve not only writing skills but also other types of communication skills. Writing is closely connected with the verbal communication. These two forms of communication should be taught together if a teacher wants a student to make progress in studying language. There are three stages of English writing skills forming process: studying spelling rules and graphic forms of the words, learning structural patterns of the sentences used in spoken and written English and also learning how to write different types of essays, documents and summaries of professionally oriented texts. The third stage is the most difficult, therefore more attention should be paid to teaching students how to deal with the professionally oriented writing tasks.

References

Aleksandrov V.M. Systema vprav dlya intensyvnoho navchannya profesiyno oriyentovanoyi anhliys'koyi movy u vyshchiy shkoli [The system of exercises for intensive training of professionally oriented English in high school]. Visnyk Zaporiz'koho natsional'noho universytetu. Seriya: Pedahohichni nauky, 2010, no. 2 (13), pp. 5-17.

Astahova O.M. Proyavlenie intellektualnyih sposobnostey [Signs of intellectual abilities] Adukatsyiya i vyihavanne, 2000, no. 7, pp. 42 - 46.

Zimnyaya I.Ya. Psihologiya obucheniya inostrannyim yazyikam v shkole [The psychology of a foreign language teaching at school]. Moscow, Prosveschenie Publ., 1991, 220 p.

Korotun O.O. Do pytannya struktury inshomovnoyi komunikatyvnoyi kompetentnosti [On the question of the structure of foreign language communicative competence] Materialy proektu “Prostir humanitarnoyi komunikatsiyi” [Proc. of the project “Humanitarian communication space”]. Available at: www.ntsa-ifon-npu.at.ua/blog/2009-10-20-104 (accessed 21.02.2014)

Kukhta I.V. Inshomovna kompetentnist' u konteksti formuvannya komunikatyvnoyi kul'tury studentiv u protsesi vyvchennya inozemnoyi movy [Foreign language competence within the context of students’ communicative culture development while studying a foreign language] Naukovyy visnyk Uzhhorods'koho natsional'noho universytetu. Seriya “Pedahohika. Sotsial'na robota” [Scientific herald of the Uzhhorod National University. Pedagogy series. Social work]. Available at http://archive.nbuv.gov.ua/portal/natural/nvuu/Ped/2009/www16/Kuhta.pdf (accessed 21.02.2014)

Metodyka vykladannya inozemnykh mov u serednikh navchal'nykh zakladakh: Pidruchnyk. [Methods of teaching foreign languages in secondary schools: Textbook] Group of authors under the guidance of S.Yu. Nikolayeva. Kyiv, Lenvit Publ., 2002. 328 p.

Bihych O.B., Borysko N.F., Borets'ka H.E. and others edited by S.Yu. Nikolayeva Metodyka formuvannya mizhkul'turnoyi inshomovnoyi komunikatyvnoyi kompetentsiyi: Kurs lektsiy [Methods of forming intercultural communicative competence in a foreign language: Lectures]. Kyiv, Lenvit Publ., 2011. 344 p.

Skurativs'ka H.S. Navchannya pysemnoho anhliys'koho profesiynoho movlennya studentiv finansovo-ekonomichnykh spetsial'nostey : avtoref. dys. na zdobuttya nauk. stupenya kand. ped. nauk [Professionally oriented English writing teaching of the students of financial and economic specialities Dr. ped. sci. diss. abstr. ]. Kyiv, 2002. 20 p.

Issue

Section

Статті