The Use of the Activity Approach in Teaching Foreign Languages in Higher Education Institutions
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2021
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Ясси (Румунія):LUMEN Publishing House
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The article characterizes the essence of the activity approach in the aspect of learning foreign languages. The aim of the study is to substantiate the principle of the activity approach to teaching foreign languages in higher education institutions. The main objectives of the study are the development of independent activities of students; promoting teamwork; activation of thinking and communication skills development. Experimental work was carried out at the German Philology Department of the Donetsk National University of according to the training of specialists under the educational program "German language and translation" to work in different areas of philology, education, including higher education. The control group (CG) included 207 students, the experimental group (EG) - 202 students. During the experimental application of the activity approach, we used exercises in teaching vocabulary, grammar, phonetics and reading foreign texts. The essence of teaching methods is revealed, that is divided into three main phases of a foreign language lesson, based on the activity approach: the initial phase, the implementation phase and the analysis phase. The study confirmed the effectiveness of the activity approach in learning a foreign language, namelyin teaching vocabulary, grammar, phonetics, and in reading foreign texts. Based on the results of the empirical research, a training program that will help to increase the level of knowledge and skills of the respondents of the experimental group was developed, based on educational group and frontal consultation and training for both students and teachers in higher educational institutions.
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personal-activity approach, foreign language teaching, theoretical knowledge, practice-oriented, educational work, higher educational institutions