Modern Approaches in Teaching English for Students of Technical Specialties

Abstract

Abstract. The relevance of this topic and importance for its research is due to the objective needs of society in the highly qualified specialists of a certain profile with a high level of foreign language skills and motivation for professional activity and not flexible response of the higher education system.

Issues of modern audio and video materials using in foreign language classes in higher educational establishments are considered, namely involvement of all channels of perception of information in the learning course of professional directed topics;  using of methodological materials, including the creation of a database of professional information, the development of modern methods of work on information processing;  using of the multimedia e-learn learning system, involvement of all kinds of activities to ensure stable interest of youth in learning a foreign language;  formation of professional orientation in future specialists on the basis of watching video and listening to audio materials, which are especially relevant in times of emergency caused by the coronavirus in the world.

 The system of training of qualified specialists with knowledge of a foreign language is the main task of vocationally oriented education.

 Using audio and video materials at the classes of foreign language allows forming in students a keen interest in studying of language and avoid the monotony that can sometimes occurs in the classroom for oral practice when in the course of study technical subjects; students are offered a large amount of lexical material.

Structured educational process with using of all modern technologies and methods of studying foreign language is increasingly important to improve career guidance for young people on their professional material.

The result of an effective choice of profession and place of work is the satisfaction of the person of own choice. Success comes where the youth is well prepared for the specific work has a similar life orientations, trained profession, and without question, one of the requirements is knowledge of a foreign language. In addition, the failure appears where the main emphasis is on the calls, promises of material and other wealth, and not on a conscious choice of profession. In this regard, before the university, like the whole community is quite a difficult task – to prepare highly qualified specialist with knowledge of a foreign language and to correct the attitude of the professions needed by the economy and society.

Currently, the language teachers focus their intentions on affluent audiences with video equipment, which is the best way to create a language environment. In addition, video gives the conditions necessary for solving a number of problems and certainly allows you to increase the success rate of students up to 80%.