Educational Environment in the Foreign Language Teaching Process at the Non-Linguistic University: A Set of Components

Aim. To identify the educational environment basic components in the foreign language teaching process at non-linguistic universities, which implies the educational environment concept research and the main directions and approaches to modeling the educational environment. The authors proposed the optimal set of educational environment components which can be applied when teaching a foreign language at a non-linguistic university, including social, subject, object, and technological components.

Methodology. The applied research methods are: theoretical analysis of scientific publications; generalization of the conceptual approaches of non-linguistic universities to the formation of the educational environment within the framework of the discipline “Professional Foreign Language (English)”; monitoring of the educational activities of students in the field of a foreign language.

Results. The authors of the article came to the conclusion that an integrated approach is needed for an effective educational environment to function properly, contributing to the improvement of the process of teaching foreign languages. The task of a foreign language teacher in a non-linguistic university is to develop students’ strategies for mastering professional foreign language and techniques for independent learning activities in the Internet environment. To successfully solve the problem of forming the educational environment in the process of teaching a foreign language at a non-linguistic university it is necessary to properly organize the interaction of the teacher and students.

Research implications. The theoretical and practical significance of the article lies in the fact that the research results will allow in the future to manage changes in the educational environment on the basis of planning the educational process in foreign languages, taking into account certain pedagogical conditions.

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