DIGITAL LIBRARY
TEACHING WRITING SKILLS AT UNIVERSITY
Moscow State Institute of International Relations (RUSSIAN FEDERATION)
About this paper:
Appears in: INTED2018 Proceedings
Publication year: 2018
Pages: 3829-3832
ISBN: 978-84-697-9480-7
ISSN: 2340-1079
doi: 10.21125/inted.2018.0746
Conference name: 12th International Technology, Education and Development Conference
Dates: 5-7 March, 2018
Location: Valencia, Spain
Abstract:
The aim of the paper is to introduce some educational technologies of forming writing skills while teaching foreign languages. This is of particular importance at University in the training of bachelors and masters and in the formation of their professional competencies and skills, including competencies related to the ability to present effectively projects in a foreign language in a written form. Also we develop communicative competences that are not conceivable without the ability to carry out oral and written communication in all forms in a foreign language, the ability to annotate and render professional and business texts in the language of study, compile reports, write letters, memos, etc. To respond to the challenges of modern society and adequate solutions to socio-economic, cultural, educational and professional problems we use the methods of professional linguodidactics which becomes a professionally oriented approach. The teaching of writing is based on the basic didactic principle from simple to complex: students develop their skills from primary to secondary texts. As a result different types of written works which students are supposed to create in higher school are introduced and the criteria for written speech are formulated.
Keywords:
Educational technologies, writing skills, English language, communicative competence.