Subject content of foreign language teaching in the professional sphere of students of “Agricultural Engineering” programme based on content and language integrated learning

Abstract

Content and language integrated learning of a foreign language and specialty is one of the new approaches to foreign language teaching in the professional sphere of non-linguistic programmes students. In the framework of this approach, a foreign language is the purpose of learning, as well as a means of studying a profile specialty. In this regard, the discipline “Foreign Language in Professional Sphere” allows students to continue to form general professional and professional competencies. One of the key issues in the implementation of content and language integrated learning is the development of the subject content of teaching. The implementation of the methodic principle of reliance on intersubject connections allows us to develop the corresponding subject content of the discipline, reflecting the specifics of the students’ future professional work. We conduct and develop: a) description of the methodic principle of reliance on intersubject connections; b) analysis of researhes on the development of the subject content of foreign language teaching in the professional sphere of non-linguistic programmes students; c) the subject content proposed by the author of the discipline “Foreign Language in Professional Sphere” for students of four profiles of the “Agricultural Engineering” programmes: “Technological Equipment for Storage and Processing of Agricultural Products”, “Technical Systems in Agricultural Business”, “Technical Service in the Agricultural Sector” and “Electrical Equipment and Electrical Technologies in the Agricultural Sector”.