International Journal of Multilingual Education

Intensifying the foreign language proficiency at the secondary school within the framework of multilingual education

Olesia Konopelkina, Irina Bezrodnykx — Thu, 01 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0400

The article under consideration dwells upon the comparative analysis of the contemporary foreign languages teaching methods of the modern systems of secondary education of Canada and Ukraine with the emphasis on the multilingual aspect of their development.

MULTILINGUALISM OR CULTURAL DIVERSITY?

Viktoria Iashkina — Thu, 01 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0400

The present work is aimed, first of all, at outlining the idea that integrative characteristic of any national culture, which is adopted in Western social psychology, obviously concentrates spiritual aspirations of the nation and vividly reflects the deep and stable type of individual and collective consciousness as well as behavior of its members. Values which lie at the core of cultural mentality, are a kind of “line of attraction” – they convert the empirical diversity of national cultures into a single systematic integrity.

Representing an organic synthesis of outlook and psychological orientation, mentality outlines cultural and semantic space of the society. It is formed by the interaction of various factors: natural, socio-cultural, psychological, etc., being developed under the influence of human environment, social conditions, and cultural traditions. National and cultural mentality, in its turn, generates and reproduces all key factors, being their source and cause, persisting in lifestyle, traditions, texts, values and semantic linguistic units, language as a whole.

The second message of the work is to state that, in connection with the mentioned above, an evident and extensive raise of multilingualism as both social and cultural phenomenon and a component of globalization appears to be the point of discussion because of its positive, though controversial influence.

THE ROLE OF IT TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PROCESS OF FOREIGN/SECOND LANGUAGE EDUCATION

Ketevan Gochitashvili — Thu, 01 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0400

The goal of the paper is to show the role of digital information means in learning second/foreign languages. The changes in the approach to foreign language teaching on one hand and the development of information technologies on the other hand influenced the formation of teaching process greatly. Teaching of foreign/second language is no exception. The use of digital applications is a part of everyday life for modern learners. Hence, integration of such tools will help make learning process much more comfortable.

The article is of practical purpose. It describes the ways to use digital resources to develop specific language competences. Besides information from existing scientific sources, the research includes author’s personal experience gained from the teaching process. Each digital learning resource has a small review explaining when and how it can be used.

Challenges Related to Psychological Criteria of Assessing Bilingualism (In Primary Grades)

Natela Imedadze — Thu, 01 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0400

The article explores the issue of assessing acquizition of the second language in the billinguial context. Different approaches and perspectives of this issue are overviewed. In addition to this, the article presents challenges of the assessment by discretive tests, particularly in primary grades. Finally, the article proposes incorporation of psychological criteria in the assessment of the language acquizition, such as spontaneity of verbal expressions, productivity and alignmnet with the communication strategy. The article also shows the importance of theoratical background for the assessment of the effectiveness of the second language instruction.

COMMUNICATIVE LANGUAGE TEACHING: MANAGING THE LEARNING PROCESS

Mariya Olkhovych-Novosadyuk — Thu, 01 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0400

The article deals with the issues of the nature of communicative language teaching. Changing views on the nature of language and learning in relation to theories, objectives, syllabus, classroom activities and the roles of learners, teachers and material which led to the emergence of communicative language teaching are analyzed.

Methodology as a communicative process is investigated as well as communicative abilities of interpretation, expression and negotiation. The roles of the teacher and the learners within a communicative methodology are identified. Moreover, the concept of learner- centeredness is analyzed within the learning process domain.

A learner-centered curriculum has been compared with the traditional one pointing out similarities and differences between them. It is argued that communicative language teaching has had a major influence on language curriculum development. Therefore, curriculum decision-making in high-structure and low-structure contexts at the planning, implementation and evaluation stages is outlined in this paper. One of the main issues to be considered within curriculum content is needs analysis which provides a basis for setting goals and objectives. Hence, the salient characteristics of the three approaches to needs analysis are presented according to their educational rationale, the type of information collected, the method and the purposes of data collection.

For the Definition of the Term _ Education System _ in Post Soviet Countries

Zaqaria Qitiashvili — Thu, 01 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0400

The aim of the article is to define semantic and structural characteristics of the term _ education system _ on the basis of the analysis of regulatory documentation of education in the Post Soviet countries (Georgia, Azerbaijan, Russian Federation). The author presents his views of definition and education system and tries to determine and define them. In order to properly perceive education system, essential elements of the terminological base of educational sciences _ education and system _ are defined and the author tries to fit them into the context of educational system as a whole. The author presents an ordered discussion concerning the essential characteristics of the educational system in the Post Soviet countries and draws conclusions. At the end of the article, it is noted that the essence and definition of education system varies all over the world, which is completely natural, as this difference depends on what is the fundamental principle of understanding the education system _ all the organizations and characteristics that define the education system or the unity of educational and training institutions. The author argues, that the concept of education system should necessarily involve the unity of teaching and training institutions, as far as the system should be self-generating and be able to create something characteristically new, which none of the bodies that conduct educational policy are capable of. Accordingly, exactly the above mentioned way represents a more optimal, logical foundation principle.