Scientific journal
Научное обозрение. Педагогические науки
ISSN 2500-3402
ПИ №ФС77-57475

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NEW INTERDISCIPLINARY METHOD OF TEACHING FOREIGN LANGUAGES FOR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSESIN TECHNICAL UNIVERSITIES

Shishigina O.S. 1
1 Saint-Petersburg State Polytechnical University
This paper covers major challenges of teaching Foreign Languages for Scientific Purposes in technical universities. A new teaching method, designed for a wide range of technical specialties, was proposed. This method aids students to acquire practical skills needed for successful presentation and defense of technical research works and is based on studying general technical topics with mathematical software package Mathcad used as the main technical mean. At the first stage emphasis is placed on English mathematical language acquisition, at the second stage students are taught to make reports on special and general technical topics. This method also provides a thorough preparation for two types of writing (abstract and manuscript) necessary for a Master studentand includes three modules: 1) Lexical module; 2) Syntactical module; 3) Logical module. Participation at a model of international conference significantly raises students’ motivation level for learning Foreign Languages for Scientific Purposes. Survey and test data proves this method’s effectiveness.