Structural Peculiarities of the Academic Lecture

Abstract

The article is dedicated to the peculiarities of the academic lecture within the frames of the course "Methods of teaching foreign languages". It was shown that the procedure of structural modeling of a lecture embraces three stages: 1) anticipation (students reconstruct their own knowledge on the topic, a basis for the thematic construct formation is provided, motivation is created); building knowledge (students grasp academic lecture, participate in activities involving innovative teaching techniques, analyze guided learning process from the point of view of a teacher), consolidation (students cogitate upon applying the gained knowledge in a new teaching context, design teaching materials outside the class). A three-stage scheme of the lecture was grounded – “students acquire theoretical information – get experience by practicing it as studentы – review and analyze it from the point of a teacher”. The examples of group teaching techniques which encourage students to structure the lecture material and create the schemes leading to the formation of professional concepts were given. The analyses of the material developed by students was carried out and the results were presented. On the basis of the conducted research the authors drew the following conclusion. ABC is an efficient instrument for guiding teaching and learning. It helps students to clearly understand learning aims, provokes discussions, encourages creative thinking, creates the basis for pondering over the information, leads to the highest level of critical thinking.