On the Experience of Foreign-Language Audiovisual Skills Development Among Students of Non-Linguistic Universities

   Relevance. Due to increasing requirements for graduates of non-linguistic universities in relation to language training, it is relevant to consider the issue of the foreign-language audiovisual competence skills formation and readiness to consciously perceive foreign-language audiovisual information.
Based on personal experience of teaching the discipline “Foreign language” and summarizing the analysis of scientific literature , the author suggests to consider the technology implemented in the digital educational environment.

   Aim. To define a set of exercises for the development of foreign-language audiovisual skills and present the experience of working on their formation at the particular non-linguistic university.

   Research methods. In this study general scientific methods were used: analysis of special literature on the research topic, synthesis and generalization of the information, comparative analysis of the data, as well as observation, interviews, questionnaires, experiment, and qualitative and quantitative analysis of the obtained data.

   Theoretical and practical significance of the research. The study specifies the register of foreign-language audiovisual skills necessary for an agricultural specialist and generalizes practical experience in ensuring the conditions for their formation within the framework of university language training.

   Results. Based on the analysis of the scientific literature conclusions and the experience of implementing the developed exercises are proved, the expediency of their use in teaching foreign language to students in a digital environment is proved. The task performance contributes to the formation of
foreign-language audiovisual competence in the digital environment, which is confirmed by statistically reliable results, as well as self- and mutual evaluation of participants in the experimental study.

   Conclusions. As a result of the conducted research, the author comes to the conclusion that it is crucial to form foreign-language audiovisual competence among students of non-linguistic profiles, using the compiled “Collection of exercises for the development of foreign-language audiovisual competence among agrarian students of non-linguistic universities” in the practice of university foreign-language teaching.

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