Technology of theme detection for elective course manual "Culture and Art of UK" for students of specialized schools

- Полонська, Тамара Костянтинівна (2016) Technology of theme detection for elective course manual "Culture and Art of UK" for students of specialized schools Проблеми сучасного підручника (16). pp. 349-359.

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Abstract

This article considers the elective courses to be the part of profile education at high school. Elective courses content expand students’ knowledge, integrate scientific knowledge with common one and raise their personal experience on scientific level. This means strengthening of the personal orientation of teaching at school. The main tasks of the elective course textbook “Culture and Art of Great Britain” are to familiarize high school students with culture and art of Great Britain, enabling them to learn more about the national heritage of the country by expanding the scope of the information field and authentic use of English in the overall educational environment; to achieve educational goals thanks to the introduction to the history and culture of the country and gaining new information on the people living abroad; to deepen knowledge and improve students’ sociocultural competence in teaching foreign language. The author describes the technology on determining the content of structural components (in particular, thematic modules and themes) in the elective course textbook in English “Culture and Art of Great Britain” for students of profile schools. The dominant role of the textbook, as the primary means of mastering elective course content by high school, is determined. Creation of the English-language textbook mentioned above should broaden and deepen the knowledge of 10–11 grades students about the culture of the country whose language is being studied. The content of this textbook is based on the students experience gained during their studying foreign language in elementary and primary school. Special attention is paid to the analysis on survey results of high school students and teachers of English language of educational establishments in Ukraine on the semantic content of the textbook as the basis for determining the content of its structural components.

Item Type: Article
Keywords: thematics; thematic module; elective course; foreign language; textbook; profile school
Subjects: Science and knowledge. Organization. Computer science. Information. Documentation. Librarianship. Institutions. Publications > 3 Social Sciences > 37 Education > 37.01/.09 Special auxiliary table for theory, principles, methods and organization of education > 37.02 General questions of didactics and method
Science and knowledge. Organization. Computer science. Information. Documentation. Librarianship. Institutions. Publications > 8 Language. Linguistics. Literature > 81 Linguistics and languages
Divisions: Institute of Pedagogics > Department of Foreign Language Teaching
Depositing User: старший науковий співробітник,завідувач лабораторії навчання іноземних мов Валерій Грирорович Редько
Date Deposited: 08 Jul 2016 06:58
Last Modified: 08 Jul 2016 06:58
URI: https://lib.iitta.gov.ua/id/eprint/703986

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