Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences / The Analysis of the Ability to Mediate Highly Specialized Texts in Master’s Degree Students of a Multidisciplinary University

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Issue
Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2025 18 (10)
Authors
Gerasimova, Anastasia S.; Sheredekina, Oksana A.
Contact information
Gerasimova, Anastasia S. : Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation; ; ORCID: 0000-0002-0857-4151; Sheredekina, Oksana A. : Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation; ORCID: 0000-0001-5198-815X
Keywords
mediation; mediative activity; mediative competence; highly specialized texts
Abstract

The present study analyses the formation of the concept of “mediative competence”. It also discovers that language mediation goes beyond the bounds of interlinguistic mediation and, as a result, integrates with intralinguistic mediation. The aim of the research is to determine the level of the mediative competence formation in master’s degree students of a multidisciplinary university studying in such training programs as “Economics”, “Mechanical Engineering”, “Civil Construction” basing on their work with English and Russian texts in their specialty. To measure the level of the mediative competence formation a testing material was developed which included highly specialized texts in the relevant areas of training. The test consisted of 11 tasks relevant to two aspects of the mediative competence mentioned above in their full scope of indicators. The results of the study showed that a high level of mediative competence formation was registered only in 19 % of master’s degree students, i.e. in 20 people (out of a total of 103). The average level was recorded in 35 students, which amounted to 34 %. A low level of mediative competence formation was shown by 48 master’s degree students (47 %). It means that the mediative competence of the majority of the students is poorly formed, which does not allow them to carry out effective interlinguistic and intralinguistic mediation. The study is unique due to the fact that it measures not only the general level of mediative competence formation, but also the level of formation of each competence indicator

Pages
2083–2097
EDN
RPPWCL
Paper at repository of SibFU
https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/157522

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