Implementation of socially oriented educational goal in foreign language class at university

Importance. Social orientation of upbringingis aimed at preparing students for socialization, which is seen as the process of a person’s entering the social environment and adaptation to cultural, psychological and, especially, sociological factors that are not sufficiently considered in pedagogical literature. The goal of the article is to study practical examples of the socially oriented upbringing goal implementation with the examples of the content aspects in an authentic English textbook Language Leader Intermediate.Research methods. Drawing on the theoretical analysis of scientific literature and systematization of existing humanistic upbringing concepts, the pedagogical and methodological conditions for realization of the social upbringing aspect in teaching a foreign language at the university are identified and substantiated.Results and Discussion. It was revealed that the formulation of the educational goal and its implementation in a foreign language classroom causes difficulties for many students of a pedagogical profile. The social significance of the following topics is considered: personality, travel, work, endangered languages, advertising, business, design, education, technology, trends, art and mass media, crime. Specific learning tasks are proposed for classroom and independent work of students, using the resources of the Internet, to discuss social content in the formats of presentations, essays, dialogues, debates. The textbook is thus expanded due to creative tasks performed by students, focusing on such aspects of modern civil society as selflessness of volunteers, social consequences of technocracy, ethical dilemmas of business, inclusive education, environmental problems, social advertising, respect for cultural phenomena, boundaries of humanity and tolerance in relation to criminals, etc.Conclusion. The implementation of a socially oriented educational goal in a foreign language class at a university should be carried out by emphasizing the essential meaningful links between the topics of the studied foreign language manual Language Leader Intermediate and the problems existing in contemporary society. The students’ value orientations being formed are associated with a deeper insight into the essence of social problems, the development of their civic consciousness.

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