Pedagogical sciences /5. Current teaching methods

G. Almurzina, A. Zhanabilova

East-Kazakhstan State Technical University, Kazakhstan

ADVANTAGES OF ALTERNATIVE EDUCATIONAL FORMS IN DEVELOPMENT OF ENGINEERS’ COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCY

Higher technical education in Kazakhstan is “result oriented”where result means socially active citizen and competent engineer. Professional competency is not enough for the present-day specialist.Communicative competency is a required component of general competency. It is communicative competency in Kazakh Language (CCKL) that is of especial significance in Kazakhstan due to official (state) status of Kazakh language.

Content of modern university educational programs cannot meet multi aspect language problems of future specialist. Graduates inquiry shows that not all students acquire the necessary level of Kazakh language knowledge during the course of study. As a result, there is a category of citizens who due to one or another reason has not acquired the necessary level of state language knowledge in standard educational institution. In the meantime, society tasked the teachers to give every citizen of the Republic of Kazakhstan the opportunity to acquire, in the shortest period possible, language competency that will allow the most competent performance of professional duties in state language. To fulfill this social order, studying in the standard educational institution is not enough, it is necessary to address to the alternative educational forms, asthey are adapted to various categories of students. Our inquiry shows that course training education is an alternative educational form in-demand currently at our republic.

This paper reviewssome theoretical issues of state language course training education related to its typology, and advantages in improvement of professional communicative competency in state (Kazakh) language for graduate specialists.

The term determining the educationalmethod under discussion is not unambiguouslyidentified in methodological literature. Authors use such terms as “postgraduate courses”, “preliminary (short-term) courses”, “intensive state language courses”, “language seminars”and others. We agree with those researchers who prefer using the term “course training education of state language”. The above mentioned terms (“postgraduate courses”, “preliminary (short-term) courses”, “intensive state language courses”, “language seminars”) should be considered as specific (narrow) terms, and “course training education” – as general (wide) term.

Let us consider the differences between course of academic subject “Kazakh language in education institution” and course training education. Course of academic subject “Kazakh language in education institution” is an academic standard educational form (undergraduate, graduate), its content is characterized by completeness and consistency of subject presentation. Course training education is an additional alternative educational form. It can be presented by separate course trainings. Course trainings are fragmentary and short-term.

Let us review advantages of course training education over standard forms of state language learning. As an alternative form of state language learning, course training education has the following advantages: 1) opportunity for the learner to improve the communicative competency long-life; 2) variability and flexibility of educational goals, communication-thematic content, and education methods; 3) high motivation of learners; 4) psychological comfort in the form of constant attention to the learner’s personality, consideration of learner’s age-related, psychological, and personal characteristics, and informal class setting; 5) syllabus adaptivity (flexibility); 6) opportunity to study for different social groups.

As a result ofthe above mentioned characteristics and advantages, course training education is an effective additional alternative educational form. It contributes to the improvement of professional-communicative competency in state language for graduate employed specialists.

Thus, course training education is essential in improvement of professional-communicative competency in state language, however, to our opinion, its potential is not fully utilized.

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