Vol 29, No 1 (2024)

Importance. The necessity of using the motivational aspect in the professional training of music specialists, which contributes to the effectiveness of the educational process, is determined. A motivated student strives to constantly improve his skills, which allows him to become a professional in his field. The types of motivation that influence the vocal students’ professional development and various aspects such as vocal training, musical abilities development, music theory studying, working on performance technique and much more that contribute the vocalist’s professional development are revealed.Research Methods. Based on a theoretical analysis of specialized literature and systematization of materials from scientific sources, the role of the motivational aspect in vocal students’ professional development is substantiated.Results and Discussion. The possibilities of motivation that contribute to improving the quality of education and developing the personality of a vocal student are considered. The characteristics of the main methods that teachers use to motivate vocal students are given. Recommendations are offered for the use of motivation in the process of vocal students training.Conclusion. It is concluded that motivation contributes to the education quality improving, vocal student’s personality development and his successful adaptation in the modern world.

Importance. The active use of modern technologies by schoolchildren in everyday life, providing access to the virtual space of the Internet, which contains a large number of threats to the normal development of minors, contributed to the emergence of interest in the scientific community in the problem of forming the adolescents’ personal readiness to resist the negative effects of Internet socialization, as well as the identification of factors influencing this process. The purpose of the study is to research the factors influencing the formation of adolescents’ personal readiness to resist the negative influences of Internet socialization.Research Methods. This study is carried out on the basis of integrative, axiological, personalactivity and environmental approaches. The following research methods are used: analysis of scientific literature on the research topic, comparison, generalization, systematization, structuring of information.Results and Discussion. It is proved that the formation of adolescents’ personal readiness to resist the negative effects of Internet socialization is influenced by a set of factors that can be conditionally divided into two groups: external (information technology environment, natural and sociocultural factors) and internal (biological and individual psychological characteristics).Conclusion. The practical application of the obtained results is possible for the development of technology for the formation of adolescents’ personal readiness to counteract the negative effects of Internet socialization.

Importance. The problem of mastering the skills of conducting intercultural commentary for international relations students is important and relevant. The purpose of the work is to show how, based on the study of fables from Russian and French literature, it is possible to develop the skills of intercultural analysis and intercultural commentary on the sociocultural characteristics of the country and peoples of their native and foreign languages.Research Methods. Based on a theoretical analysis of scientific literature, a refined concept of “intercultural commentary” is presented as a necessary skill for the professional activities of international relations students. The study proved that a prerequisite for the formation of intercultural communicative competence of future political scientists is familiarity with the national specifics of the culture, traditions and mentality of the people of the country of the language being studied.Comparative analysis of fables by I.A. Krylov and Lafontaine, questioning, and diagnostics made it possible to develop a step-by-step algorithm for training future political scientists and international law specialists in intercultural commentary.Results and Discussion. It is revealed and substantiated that through folklore and fables one can learn to recognize the typical characteristics and features of the Russian and French peoples, which arouses great interest in the didactic possibilities of its use in the system of intercultural teaching of the French language.Conclusion. The application of the research results can contribute to the development of new directions in linguodidactics and the design of an effective linguistic educational intercultural environment.

Importance. The scientific problem is identified, which consists in the need to study tools that develop the integrated subject-language competence of graduates of non-linguistic areas of study, which underlies the successful functioning of specialists in the labor market, as well as the purpose of the study is to show the importance of the subject-language integrated approach (CLIL) in the formation of this competence.Materials and Methods. Information about the object of study is given, which are educational materials used in teaching English journalism, as well as answers and speeches by students of advanced English language proficiency. The research methods, including observation, description, analysis and synthesis, are indicated.Results and Discussion. The specific author’s results of the conducted research are presented, including a description of the apparatus of exercises on the topic “Manipulation and psychology” in journalism, as well as answers and speeches of students. It is noted that most of the tasks are focused on obtaining professional knowledge using the English language. A foreign language is more a means than a goal of learning here. The purely linguistic component of the educational apparatus is small. However, during the course of study, relying mainly on the material of a subjectthematic orientation, students develop all types of speech activity (speaking, listening, reading, writing) and form appropriate language skills.Conclusion. It is proved that the most important place in the work on the topic is occupied by the preparation and presentation of the project. It is proved that subject-language integrated training is an effective method in the development of integrated subject-language competence of future journalists.

Importance. The information technology sphere has been defined by the President of the Russian Federation as one of the priorities for the development of the country’s economy and maintaining its independence status. Higher education in the field of information technology makes a significant contribution to the formation of the personnel of the industry. The purpose of education at the university is to form a highly professional personality of an IT specialist with a range of competencies. Among them, competencies related to the ability to independently obtain the necessary information, constantly update professional knowledge and experience in the rapidly developing technology sector play a special role. The need to catch up with more successful players in the field of high-tech solutions (USA, China, South Korea) determines the important role of a foreign language in the professional training of computer science students. The focus of the research is on a specific type of foreign-language educational activity – complex communicative and cognitive tasks designed to model the conditions of interrelated foreign-language communicative and intellectual activities of students.Research Methods. To conduct the research, theoretical methods are used: the study of scientific literature, analysis, generalization, synthesis of the main provisions, on the basis of which practical methods are implemented – modeling and description of students’ speech-thinking activity in the course of solving complex communicative and cognitive tasks.Results and Discussion. The theoretical justification and practical illustration of the algorithm for creating a complex communicative and cognitive task are presented. The principles of learning based on complex communicative and cognitive tasks are highlighted, an algorithm for selecting content and teaching methods are presented. A specific example of a task for the purposes of higher education is given.Conclusion. The authenticity of the quasi-professional experience obtained during the learning process can be achieved through the integration of communicative and intellectual activities in the professional field. The “brainwork-speech” dichotomy can be implemented in practical pedagogical activities on the basis of complex communicative-cognitive learning problems.

Importance. The development of a positive attitude towards Russia and its inhabitants is a priority task for a teacher of Russian as a foreign language. It seems necessary to carry out purposeful work in creating a system of verbal images of Russia and Russians in the representation of foreign students. The purpose of the study is to explore the theoretical prerequisites for studying the verbal image and describing the components of the verbal image of Russia and Russians among foreign students.Materials and Methods. The results analysis of a survey conducted among international undergraduate students at the Institute of Russian as a Foreign Language of the Herzen Russian State Pedagogical University revealed the components of the verbal image of Russia. The data obtained are taken into account when teaching Russian as a foreign language to form a positive image of the country.Results and Discussion. The results analysis of the first survey of foreign students revealed negative associations in the minds of foreigners, which must be corrected, as they reduce motivation to master the Russian language. The results of the second survey of foreign students after training demonstrate the presence of positive verbal images in their minds, proving the effectiveness of the training.Conclusion. The results obtained in the course of the study have theoretical and practical significance, as they enable a teacher of Russian as a foreign language to predict possible negative verbal images of Russia among foreign students, take them into account when teaching Russian to foreigners and, thereby, make the process more effective.

Importance. The p roblem o f r estoring t rade i n a r ural p rovince a fter i ts p rohibition during the years of “war communism” is considered. Without a commodity-producing, well-organized trading network, it was impossible to develop industry, agriculture and minimal satisfaction of the needs of the population. The study of the process of trade revival in the early 1920s shows not only the practical experience of restoring exchange operations in the agricultural region of the country, but also the state of the economy of the Tambov province as a whole.Research methods. Published and unpublished sources are used. The historical and comparative method allows us to reveal the essence of the phenomena under study on the basis of available facts within the narrow time limits of the new economic policy.Results and Discussion. The problems of restoring trade in the Tambov province with a predominantly rural population are shown. The conditions of the trade’s revival are considered, the peculiarities of the state cooperative and private trade's organization are revealed, the trading enterprises’ specialization is shown. The transition difficulties to the elements of a market economy are presented against the background of the economic life of an agricultural region. The dynamics of trade development in the early 1920s has been determined.Conclusion. The trade restoration in the Tambov province was complicated by the economic crisis, devastation, falling productivity of peasant farms, and low purchasing power of the population. With the new course's announcement of economic policy, petty bazaar trade begins to revive. Public- cooperative organizations had difficulty competing in the market with private trade and central trusts. The largest retail department stores in Tambov city and the county towns belonged to state and cooperative trade organizations. In cities, large-scale indoor trade grew more systematically, while in rural areas the trading apparatus was revived much more slowly. Small-scale universal trade prevailed in rural areas. Since 1923, the Bolshevik state has sought to establish control over the movement of goods from producer to consumer.

Importance. The conservative trend in Russian social thought of the second half of the 19th century is one of the main goals of research in history science. The views analysis of one of the most prominent Russian conservatives, M.N. Katkov, on the new institutions of the Russian judicial system, the judicial corps after the reform of 1864 reflects the role of a well-known publicist and his influence on the masses and state judicial policy in the era of reforms and counter-reforms. The purpose of the study is to identify issues on a given topic in M.N. Katkov’s works, to describe the main conclusions of M.N. Katkov regarding the Russian judicial system in the 1860s and 1880s.Materials and Methods. The main sources of the study are numerous publications by M.N. Katkov, reflecting his views on the Russian judicial system in the 1860s and 1880s, and in particular on institutions new to the Russian state, law and society: world justice, cassation departments of the Governing Senate, jury trial. Additional sources of the study are the works of Russian scientists of the second half of the 19th century on a given topic. The methodological basis of the study is both general and particular methods of scientific cognition: the structural analysis method, which made it possible to assess changes in Russian society in the second half of the 19th century; the historical-comparative method, with which general and particular conclusions are drawn in the study by comparing different points of view on the Russian judicial system; the historical-systemic method that made it possible to comprehensively analyze the views of Russian researchers in the 1860s and 1880s on the post-reform Russian judicial system, in particular on world justice, cassation departments of the Governing Senate, jury trial; the logical method that allowed to identify the reasons for the change in M.N. Katkov’s views on the Russian judicial system in the 1860s and 1880s; other methods of scientific knowledge are also used.Results and Discussion. M.N. Katkov’s views on the Russian judicial system as a whole, and in particular on three institutions introduced as a result of the judicial reform of 1864: world justice, cassation departments of the Governing Senate, jury trial, are considered. The analysis of publications by a well-known journalist on problematic issues in the activities of these institutions is carried out. The influence of M.N. Katkov’s journalism on the state life of the Russian Empire in the 1860s–1880s is noted, the analysis of the reasons for the change in M.N. Katkov’s views on the Russian judicial system of in the post-reform period is given.Conclusion. The study of M.N. Katkov’s views allows us to present the complex process of struggle between the two main currents of public thought in Russia of the second half of the 19th century (liberals, conservatives) on issues of the Russian judicial system, as well as to note the most problematic and controversial moments in the provisions implementation of the Judicial Statutes of November 20, 1864, to understand the causes of disputes. The conclusion is made about the conflict of the main provisions of the Judicial Statutes of November 20, 1864 with the M.N. Katkov’s autocratic philosophy, which caused a change in the attitude of the famous publicist to the judicial reform carried out in the Russian Empire, and also determined M.N. Katkov’s apologetics in the era of the so-called counter-reforms.

Importance. The topic of the Battle of Stalingrad is investigated, the relevance of which is beyond doubt, since any study in our country devoted to the Great Patriotic War was and remains important both for preserving historical memory and for educating the younger generation. The relevance of the study is enhanced by the fact that the stated scientific problem – the peculiarities of the tactics of the Soviet troops in the autumn-winter period of 1942 – is practically not disclosed in the scientific literature. The purpose of the study is to show how the Wehrmacht characterized the changes that occurred in the tactics of the Red Army during the Battle of Stalingrad.Materials and Methods. The research and its source base are captured documents from the funds of the Central Archive of the Ministry of Defense (CAMO). Research methods: attribution of captured documents from the CAMO funds, comparison, content analysis, microhistoric analysis. The object of the study is the tactics of offensive and defensive battles of the Red Army in autumn– winter 1942.Results and Discussion. The specific author’s results of the study are that it shows how Stalin’s order No. 306 on improving offensive combat tactics and combat formations was characterized in the General Staff of German Ground Forces; data on the main changes in the tactics of defensive combat of Red Army are given; it shows what importance artillery was assigned in offensive and defensive battles, what changes occurred in the tank forces.Conclusion. The changes in the tactics of the offensive and defensive battles of Red Army during the Battle of Stalingrad were timely, it was constantly improved and adapted to specific combat conditions, which eventually ensured the final transition of the initiative to the Soviet troops at the front.

Importance. The reasons for the restoration of interstate contacts between Mexico and Austria- Hungary at the beginning of the 20th century are analyzed and their evolution during the “porphyriate”, the Mexican Revolution of 1910–1917 and the World War I is traced.Materials and Methods. Based on a critical analysis of domestic and foreign research literature using historical-genetic and historical-comparative methods, the course of resolving the longstanding interstate conflict and the evolution of military-political and trade relations between Mexico and Austria-Hungary in the last third of the 19th century – 1918 are traced.Results and Discussion. The development of military-political and economic contacts between Mexico City and Vienna, interrupted after the execution of Maximilian Habsburg in 1867, took place after their resumption in 1901, despite the initial dissatisfaction expressed by the Hungarian parliamentary opposition with the infringement of national economic interests on a mutually beneficial basis. The reasons for this were both the internal needs of Mexico, which was in dire need of human resources, and the desire of the business circles of Austria-Hungary to join the struggle for the application of capital and markets overseas.Conclusion. During the revolution of 1910–1917, special attention was paid to Austria-Hungary’s increasing arms exports to Mexico, in the context of which Vienna considered the possibility of recognizing a particular political regime. The leadership of the Habsburg Monarchy also showed interest in Mexico as a possible base for its navy overseas. Austria-Hungary’s diplomacy in Mexico City during the World War I acted in line with Germany’s efforts to involve Mexico in a military conflict with the United States in order to prevent them from joining the Entente.