To the issue of the research work presented by foreign students (part 1 – report)
Abstract
The article considers possible ways of forming and improving the professional communicative competence that is necessary for the implementation of a presentation speech act – a public defence of the research work written by foreign students. The factors of influencing the presentation success have been determined; the algorithm of processing the written text-source in the shortened version of the report have been proposed.
The authors formulate the principles to be followed by a communicator in the course of the defence of a graduation project or an essay project in order to persuade recipients that his/her research is done qualitatively, the topic is relevant, the method is appropriate, the result is probable, the conclusion is substantiated and that the speaker is able to further studies at the scientific- research work. The article deals with the convention standards of scientific work public presentations, the strict execution of which by the speaker ensures standardization of the procedure of protection and positively influences the success of the speech act. Verbal and non-verbal means of feedback with the audience that promote the attraction of listeners' attention, support of the interest to the research problem, and bringing the recipients to the speaker's necessary conclusion have been considered by the authors.
The article describes affective strategies for eliminating the feeling of psychological discomfort, excitement, anxiety, fear speaking in public, that assesses not only the essence of the report, but also speaker's abilities; the compensatory strategies for preventing the difficulties associated with the shortage of speaker’s linguistic resources have been described.
The educational-methodical principles that the teacher of ULAF faces with in the formation of public speaking skills in the academic situation of the defence of a graduation project or an essay project have been determined on the basis of the research material. It has been proved that the purposeful teaching of presentation skills is an important part of the educational process, as the described form of work corresponds to the communicative needs of professional interactive activities, increases motivation for effective learning. The obtained results allow the use of the proposed methodology for the development of training materials for foreign students according to their speciality.
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