Problems of Professional L2 Discourse Formation for the Second-Year Technical Students in the Context of e-Learning Environment

Abstract

The research focuses on the results of the survey conducted in Moscow State University of Food Production (MSUFP) to define the problems connected with professional L2 Discourse formation for the second-year technical students in the context of e-learning environment. The goal of the research work is to determine and analyze factors the second-year students consider to be most important to interfere their capability to use L2 receptive and productive skills for a professional discourse development. The theme of the research demonstrates the ongoing relevance and value according to a steady tendency of wide implementation of e-learning teaching forced by the dramatic changes connected with Covid-19 pandemic. Nowadays students consider e-learning environment to be an integral part of the educational field. The necessity and timeliness of such a research work is based on the fact that modern higher education implements various types of educational models, and includes more and more e-learning courses replacing traditional face-to face tutorials. This, in turn, requires to put close attention to possible transformation of the problems traditional for offline educational processes. The research was carried out through online interviewing of a group of 47 second-year students learning English as a second language as a part of their professional curriculum. The practical use of the results can be taken into account while arranging e-learning L2 professional acquisition for technical students to help them form L2 professional discourse.