Educational potential of textbook content for foreign students

Abstract

Автори, аналізуючи компетентністну спрямованість сучасного підручника з другої іноземної мови, зазначають відсутність соціокультурної інформації про видатних педагогів України, яка є необхідною для розширення картини світу та формування професійної компетентності майбутніх фахівців. У статті висвітлюються можливості актуалізації такого матеріалу: подається аналіз фрагменту експериментального підручника, в якому цей дидактичний матеріал використовується під час засвоєння конкретної граматичної теми, окреслюється його виховний потенціал.The article analyzes competence direction of the second foreign language textbook and emphasizes lack of socio-cultural information about the outstanding teachers of Ukraine, substantiates the need for such information for expanding the picture of the world of a student-foreigner and formation of professional competence of future specialists of various profiles, in particular, teachers-philologists. The authors highlight educational potential of texts about prominent Ukrainian educators, namely V. Sukhomlynskyi, and demonstrate the possibility of using such texts at classes during studying grammar topic "Accusative case. Conjugation of adjectives and possessive pronouns with a noun in accusative case". Teaching is based on the principle of interrelated learning of types of speech activity as the dominant one, and the main mechanisms for learning language are knowledge transfer and formed meta-linguistic consciousness, which should be taken into account by the teacher. The article also describes possible content of the lesson, and details its components: a) lexical material, preceding perception of the text; b) text for listening and a set of questions aimed at revealing an understanding of its content; c) tasks (in the structure of the exercise) for observation in order to find in the text the grammatical elements that will become the subject of study; d) theoretical part - a rule containing information provided by deductive means (this method is appropriate if the second foreign language is closely related to the native one and the person has already passed the way of assimilation of such material, that is, there is a formed meta-linguistic consciousness); a system of exercises for the formation of skills and abilities; "Home page" with tasks for independent study in extracurricular work. The authors note that information in the modern Ukrainian textbook for foreign students about great teachers of Ukraine is essential not only for the formation of professional competence, but also for confirming positive image of our state