This article sets out to examine the effect of utilizing different culturally-based materials on EFL university students' foreign language reading anxiety, reading comprehension self-efficacy, and reading proficiency within project-based classes. The research was carried out with two classes of intermediate freshmen majoring in English Language Teaching. The comparison group had to present thei...

At the current level of development methodology teaching Russian as a foreign language for special purposes, insufficient attention is paid to professionally oriented teaching, which allows modeling imaginary professional situations communication and forming skills necessary real communication. The problem especially noticeable in creative disciplines (including art criticism) where thematic di...

An attempt of Russian universities to move forward to the leading positions in the world rankings has resulted in some initiatives to enhance their activities on the market of education services. Under these conditions, foreign language proficiency is no longer a luxury and it is becoming an important tool to implement goals of university development. In this regard, new methods and techniques ...

Key Data on Teaching Languages at School in Europe 2012 provides a complete picture of the language teaching systems in place in 32 European countries. More precisely, the report combines statistical data with qualitative information to describe the context and organisation of foreign language teaching, student participation levels as well as the initial and continuing education of foreign lang...

The modern stage of social development requires medical specialists to be proficient in a foreign language using it as means communication solve professional and problems. To achieve this purpose, is necessary establish close link between the training process criteria content trainee’s activity. This involves solving next task - identifying communicative needs specialist when language. problem,...