TEACHING ENGLISH TO CHINESE MASTER’S DEGREE STUDENTS AT A NON-LINGUISTIC UNIVERSITY IN RUSSIA

Abstract

Nowadays the number of foreign students is being increased in Russia. In this regard, the problem of high-quality training of foreigners is attracting more and more attention. The current study is relevant in the context of Chinese students training because the quantity of students from China receiving education at Russian universities takes the second place after students from the CIS member states. The article is devoted to the problem of teaching English to Chinese students at Russian non-linguistic universities. It is described some factors influencing the choice of teaching technologies aimed at developing and strengthening skills in different language activities. The study was conducted in three stages. The first stage was devoted to the study of pedagogical and methodological literature on the problem of adaptation to the new educational environment and the formation of communication skills in the process of teaching English to master’s degree students from the People's Republic of China studying at the Faculty of Economics and Management; the research methodology was determined. The second stage was aimed at identifying and implementing teaching technologies in the educational process in order to develop and consolidate skills and abilities in all types of speech activity when teaching English as a foreign language in accordance with the academic course working program; the necessary pedagogical conditions were determined. At the third stage, the results were summarized and analyzed, "Guidelines for practical classes" as well as "Guidelines for independent work of master’s degree students” were to form new learning strategies, increase their motivation to learn a foreign language, as well as to solve some communicative, didactic and psychological problems associated with learning in a new educational environment. By performing the tasks based on the principles of active teaching methods, students gain new experience in solving communicative problems that are close to real life.