Experimental work on patriotic education on process of teaching foreign language at higher educational establishment

the article presents the results of research concerning the potential of the “Foreign Language” subject and the possibilities of using the process of teaching a foreign language with the aim of patriotic education at non-linguistic specialities and training courses at higher educational establishments. On the basis of scientific literature analysis it was identified that higher educational institutions play one of the key roles in the process of youth patriotic education, taking the relay from the secondary education, because the student youth is able to be the provider of national values and interests and can resist negative influence. Besides, while mastering the profession students should realize that their aim is to work for the benefit of their Motherland. In the article there is described the role of the “Foreign Language” subject, which is the element of humanitarian subject cycle, in the educational process due to using personality oriented methods of teaching aimed at the formation of patriotic worldview. The authors give results of questionnaire among students of different years of study conducted with the aim of identifying the general level of patriotism formation. Further there is presented the description of experimental education having patriotic contents with using different methods of teaching which was conducted in the frames of professional module of the “Foreign Language” subject with students of “Customs Affairs” speciality. At the end there are given the results of the experimental classes set and the description of comparative analysis of input and final questionnaires. This set has universal character and can be used during the work with students of different non-linguistic specialities and training courses.

patriotism, patriotic education, patriotic quality, patriotic contents, non-linguistic specialities, method of teaching, professional orientation, comparative analysis, case, project