Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences / Foreign Language in a Non-Linguistics Higher School: Optimal Means of Control

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Issue
Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2017 10 (10)
Authors
Vonog, Vita V.
Contact information
Vonog, Vita V.: Siberian Federal University 79 Svobodny, Krasnoyarsk, 660041, Russia;
Keywords
Means of control; English; mock exams; assessment; Cambridge exams syndicate; Russian academic excellence program
Abstract

The article is devoted to author’s observations and research aimed at looking for an appropriate means of control that corresponds to student-centered approach in teaching English in a Higher School. The target audience is students of non-linguistics specialties who are taught to take Cambridge international exams in terms of Russian academic excellence program. The efforts of Siberian Federal University have been aimed at increasing the number of English classes and organizing the system of internal and external testing, i.e. Preliminary English Test (PET), First Certificate in English (FCE) and Test of Legal English Skills (TOLES). Due to such methods of research as prognostic simulation and experimental learning the author collected data connected with the system of evaluating students’ progress by means of mock exams. This choice is reasonable as the quality and effectiveness of teaching increase. As a result it causes a higher motivation among students of non-linguistics specialties to English language and reduces overall time to achieve the planned learning outcomes

Pages
1630-1636
Paper at repository of SibFU
https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/35367

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