MODEL OF TRAINING NON-LINGUISTIC STUDENTS FOR PARTICIPATION IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE ACADEMIC COMPETITIONS

Abstract

The article analyzes the peculiarities of students’ training for participation in foreign language academic competitions. The authors use the method of pedagogical modeling. The aim of the work is to present a structural-functional model that contributes to the effective development of speaking skills in students of non-linguistic specialties in the process of their training to participate in academic competitions in English. Based on the research of Russian and foreign scientists on the problems of communicative-oriented approach in teaching foreign languages, the authors describe the components of the developed model for training advanced students. The novelty of the research lies in the universal and complex character of the developed model. As a result, the authors select the appropriate content and methods used in the process of teaching students oral speech in a foreign language, as well as offer exercises and tasks for their implementation. Students’ achievements in international and regional academic competitions, theirs stable growth of self-esteem, motivation and academic performance in the process of approbation of the authors’ approach on the basis of Omsk State Agrarian University during 2021-2023 confirm the potential of the proposed model to improve students’ speaking skills. The obtained results can be applied to the effective training of students participating in foreign languages academic competitions. The authors conclude that such model can be either successfully implemented by high school, college and university teachers to improve students’ oral proficiency in general through the organization of in-class and out-of-class independent work.