The Influence of Transformations in the Modern Labour Market on Foreign Language Courses at Universities

Vorontsova, M.; Klyukina, E.

Авторы: Vorontsova Marina, Klyukina Evgeniya
Журнал: Rural Environment. Education. Personality.
Том: 14
Год издания: 2021
Издательство: Latvia University of Life Science and Technologies
Местоположение издательства: Latvia
Первая страница: 257
Последняя страница: 263
DOI: 10.22616/REEP.2021.14.028
Аннотация: : The topicality of the study is determined by the discord between the foreign language teachingstandards in Russian universities and undergraduate and graduate students’ requirements oriented towardsthe modern labour market. Having obtained a specialty, university graduates may work in different fieldsor change their job profile altogether; the borders of professions and professional standards are undergoingchanges as well. The aim of the study is to show the necessity to transform foreign language teachingstandards at the university level in accordance with the recent and ongoing changes in the job market. Thehypothesis of the study is that foreign language teaching standards in Russia should integratecommunicative competence, critical and creative thinking, and learning to learn as necessary components.It is suggested that students of non-philological specialties should be taught two or three foreign languagesinstead of only advancing their command of English. The hypothesis was confirmed by the polls conductedamong undergraduate and graduate students of the College of Asian and African Studies (CAAS,Lomonosov MSU), over 2019-2020. The study resulted in developing a new standard of teaching foreignlanguages at the CAAS, which includes teaching two European languages alongside an oriental/Africanone, and creating a new structure of the English language course oriented towards developing soft skillsrather than a purely linguistic component. Thus, the study seeks to substantiate the need for the newstandard by the requirements of the modern job market and graduates’ demands. Creating the new standardtargeting soft skills development and teaching two European languages is a practical result of this work.
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