FORMING ENGLISH LISTENING COMPETENCE OF FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS – THE FUTURE TEACHERS OF ENGLISH

• Main Author: Ірина Левчик
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University 2015-12-01
• Series: Naukovì Zapiski Ternopìlʹsʹkogo Nacìonalʹnogo Pedagogìčnogo Unìversitetu Imenì Volodimira Gnatûka. Serìâ: Pedagogìka
• Subjects: Англомовна аудитивна компетентність; вміння; студенти першого курсу; стратегії; психологічні механізми; аудіотексти; відеофонограми.
• Online Access: http://nzp.tnpu.edu.ua/article/view/61948

Based on the analysis of psychological characteristics of first-year students (the dominance of teaching and professional activities, shift to the inner self-control and an increase in need for achievement, a high level of cognitive motivation, improvement of theoretical thinking, a tendency to individual activity, reflection, a conscious learning approach) the following peculiarities of forming English learning competence of first-year students have been outlined in the article: introduction of propaedeutic stage in order to form students’ listening mechanisms and eliminate the gaps in skills; focusing on the specifics of their future professional occupation which is reflected in the themes of teaching materials and tasks to them; developing students’ autonomy by enhancing their individual activity; forming students’ listening strategies (training and communicative) on two stages – learning strategies and training them in use. The criteria for selection of audio texts and video and sound recording that should be used in teaching listening to first-year students have been determined.