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| 1 | The article deals with the notions of “empathy” and “cross-cultural empathy” which are viewed as the basis of cross-cultural understanding. The author outlines if it is necessary to distinguish between “cross-cultural empathy” and “empathy” as well as if the quality is inherent or acquired. The article also focuses on the importance of crosscultural empathy development in adolescence nowadays and what methods are appropriate for that. Keywords: empathy, cross-cultural empathy, adolescence, cross-cultural dialogue | 1489 | ||||
| 2 | The article deals with the problem of family and school cooperation in the question of cross-cultural understanding as a pedagogical condition of cross-cultural value orientations in adolescence. Cross-cultural value orientations refer to the personal orientation at cross-cultural values which cannot but be crucial in the epoch of globalization. The necessity and the specific features of close cooperation between teenager's parents and school staff in cultivation of respect towards cross-cultural values is explained by the author. The results of the ascertaining experiment confirming the idea under consideration are given in the article as well. The author also suggests using the developed program which contains two directions as the item for implementation of this pedagogical condition. Keywords: cross-cultural values, cross-cultural value orientations, cooperation with parents | 1339 | ||||
| 3 | Introduction. The necessity to search for the new ways of foreign languages teaching in a technical university makes a technology for working with video resources urgent today. Video resources come to be an effective way increasing the students’ motivation to foreign languages learning. Aim and objectives. The author aims at a scientific justification and description of practical ways to use video resources to increase motivation for learning foreign languages among students of technical universities. Material and methods. The work is based on the provisions of regulatory documents that determine the guidelines for teaching foreign languages in technical universities, the provisions of the technology of working with video resources, which is especially relevant in language education today, and the methodological focus of the organization of teaching the discipline “Foreign Language in Professional Activities”. The author works out and implements a complex of foreign language lessons with the use of video resources for students and carries out a methodical experiment aiming at estimating the method efficiency for increasing technical university students’ motivation to foreign languages learning. Results and discussion. Following the technology of video resources use in the learning process the author presents the stages of the work organization and gives the examples of the tasks on each of the stages for the students in the field of technical specialties. The article presents the methodical experiment results which prove the efficiency of video resources use for increasing students’ motivation to learning a foreign language. The author also mentions the conditions of organization of such work with students which gives positive results. Conclusions. The work with video resources in the digital age is an efficient way of technical university students` motivating to learning the foreign language for both general and specific purposes. The process of study based on video recourses should be systematic and thoroughly organized by the teacher. Keywords: foreign language in professional field, video resources, technical university students, motivation, stimulation of interest | 1551 | ||||
| 4 | Introduction. The need for the search of the new strategies of the foreign language teaching in non-linguistic universities defines the researchers’ attention to the use of the Internet-memes as an effective means stimulating the students` interest to language learning. The aim of the article is to present theoretical and practical justification of the possibilities of Internet-memes use for development of non-linguistic university students` motivation to learning the foreign language. Material and methods. The research is based on the analysis of literature on creolized texts use in teaching, organizing the students’ language work with memes, defining the constituents of non-linguistic university students` motivation to English learning. In the result the set of classes facilitating the development of the students` motivation to language learning was designed and the methodical experiment aimed at implementation of the solutions under the consideration was carried out. Internet-memes selected in accordance with teaching content on the discipline are used as the material. Results and discussion. The algorithm of organizing students’ work with memes that includes motivational and perceptional, reproductive and practical, creative and transformational stages is outlined; versatile methodical apparatus of the process implementation is presented. The author notes the aspects of organization of the students’ work with memes as well as its motivational opportunities. The set of English classes oriented on using memes in the developing students’ motivation to language learning is presented. The examples of the exercises organizing the students’ work with a certain meme are given. The article presents criterial and diagnostic apparatus to evaluate students’ motivational level to English learning and the results proving the suggested solutions efficiency. Conclusion. The memes’ variety, free access, relevance to modern tendencies make them a powerful tool motivating students to deep language learning. Systematically organized students’ activity with memes contributes to the development of their foreign language skills. Keywords: foreign language, non-linguistic university students, Internet-memes, creolized texts, motivation to English learning | 1759 | ||||