The stages of integrated teaching of Ukrainian history to prospective history teacher by means of English

Abstract

The relevance of the study is stipulated by the requirements intended for prospective specialists in history, the separation of a particular competence dealing with the ability to communicate by means of a foreign language using the terminology adopted within the professional environment, to be more precise. The research aims to present the process of step-by-step integrated teaching of the history of Ukraine to the would-be History teachers by means of English. The following methods have been used to solve the tasks set in the study: theoretical – analysis of pedagogical, psychological, didactic literature on the problem under consideration, which allows further substantiation of the expediency of step-by-step integrated training of the would-be History teachers to improve professional activities by means of English; empirical – analysis of the Standard of Higher Education of Ukraine on the History of Ukraine, the current curriculum, educational programs in the discipline «Foreign Language for Professional Purposes» for students majoring in 014 Secondary education (History) to clarify the status of the problem in the practice of higher education of Ukraine. The process of gradual teaching of Ukrainian history to the would-be History teachers by means of English has been substantiated by the theoretical findings as follows: 1) integration of profession-related and foreign language speech competencies of the future History teachers is the basis for better performance of their professional duties; 2) under the integrated stages of teaching History by means of the English language, we understand certain stages of students’ development which have both linguistic and thematic content; 3) the stages of integrated teaching of the History of Ukraine to the future History teachers by means of English are introductory, language-oriented, education- and speech-centred, profession- and speech-related, final; 4) each stage has an integrated goal (language and subject), methodical actions for mastering professional content by means of English, and the result; 5) all the stages of the integrated learning are interconnected and interdependent both linguistically and in terms of their content.

Keywords

• stages
• integrated learning
• would-be history teachers
• procedural integration
• profession-related competence
• foreign language competence