Title: FROM ANALYSIS TO TEACHING TYPES OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE SCIENTIFIC DISCOURSE
Abstract: The article argues for discourse approach to teaching postgraduates to foreign languages for scientific purposes. In supporting this idea, the term 'scientific discourse' is specified, a clear distinction between 'genre' and 'discourse type' is made, the existing classifications of discourse types are analyzed, basic types of written scientific discourse are singled out, the sequence of teaching stages as well as the framework of techniques and activities are proposed. Modern methodology of foreign language (FL) teaching which is based on the principles of communicative language teaching makes us appeal to such a phenomenon as discourse. Recent years have seen increased consideration being given to discourse embedding in the process of teaching which is thought as a requirement of the communicative approach realization. Some authors argue that discourse as a live language and a grammar above the sentence, can inform the process of communicative language teaching in a far better way and enrich its content with real world functional features that are typical of natural language use (16); the use of discourse as a sample of realization of certain communicative intentions in a specific communicative situation and addressed to a particular recipient can help learners get ready to participate in real life communication (3). Discourse types alongside with text types are indicated as essential components of instruction content in the up-to-date conception of specialism-oriented English language learning and teaching at tertiary school (6). Sharing the above-mentioned viewpoints, we suggest embedding the concept of scientific discourse in the process of FL teaching of magistrates, post-graduates and young researchers at the stage of their post-diploma Мордовина Татьяна Валерьевна - ассистент кафедры «Иностранные языки», [email protected]; Никульшина Надежда Леонидовна - кандидат педагогических наук, доцент кафедры «Иностранные языки», [email protected], ТамбГТУ, г. Тамбов.
Publication Year: 2010
Publication Date: 2010-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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