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The paper explores the application of corpus linguistics in language teaching and introduces the results of a pilot educational research project aimed at the evaluation of Russian university students’ attitudes to the use of a corpus-based set of classroom activities to study English pronunciation. The corpus-based approach exemplifies data driven learning, it generates learner autonomy by training students to draw their own conclusions about language use. Two of the most challenging topics in practical phonetics ...

The value of the higher education, its availability and prospects of development is one of serious problems of modern society. A number of research works show that education stops being the channel of social mobility. In particular, the higher education in modern society gradually becomes the instrument of reproduction of a social inequality. Besides, this process is followed by transformation of system of values of people deprived of access to a quality higher education. This results in the growth of “ressentimen...

Teaching experiment is the benchmark of understanding the credibility of the surrounding world therefore there is a need to provide optimal conditions for carrying it out. This experiment requires new modern means and methods that will develop and enrich methodology and teaching practice. The analysis of employment of the existing means and methods displays the underdevelopment of topics of experimental studies, low technical capacity of laboratories, and insufficient use of the opportunities of modern training re...

Creation and development of functional reading literacy is presently a actual topic. The ambition of this paper is to highlight the current situation in reading literacy in the Slovak environment. The starting point of thinking are the results of the international survey under the Program for International Student Assessment, in which our students achieve below average. The author is looking for possible solutions to given problems, highlights the need to develop reading competencies in civics. The objectives of t...

Pupil evaluation is an expression of teacher professional competence and thus becomes an important topic in preparatory teacher education. However, students? pedagogical thinking is influenced by the real situation in schools where pedagogical training takes place. The key person is the faculty teacher trainer who - in the role of a mentor - supports the implementation of theory into practice. In the presented essay the authors outline the similarities and differences between the theoretical and practical approach...

The paper focuses on the significance and need to develop critical thinking in the educational process on the basis of the documents and recommendations of the Slovak government and of the Ministry of Education as well as on practical experience. The contribution assumes that the repetition of facts and information does not mean their comprehension. Information is processed only if a learner is able to explain, connect and use the acquired knowledge. The paper presents several methods of critical thinking applied ...

Modality in scientific texts has been investigated from various angles and has been found to be indicative of stance and dependent on various factors, such as discipline, culture and context. Cross disciplinary studies point out that, in English, the epistemic use of modals in scientific texts exceeds the deontic use, given the communicative purposes of such texts, i.e. the production and transfer of knowledge. The present paper explores the use of modal verbs in a corpus of scientific texts on Economics written i...

The aim of the study is to identify the factors that act as facilitators and inhibitors in the inclusion of students with disabilities in secondary schools. Mainstreaming of disability can be defined as the systematic integration of the priorities and needs of persons with disabilities in all areas of life with a view to promoting equal opportunities. The current trend in Czech Republic proceeds further from integration towards inclusion. The idea of inclusive education is also a part of the declarations and laws ...

The quantitative reduction and qualitative deterioration of business ideas and projects carried out through business incubators (BI) affiliated with higher educational institutions leads to a need in strategic endeavors encouraging improvement in the quality of projects, promoting quick formation of professional project teams, and increasing the number of business projects incubated on innovative grounds. In order to solve this problem, we suggest defining and forming a new development strategy for business incuba...

Higher education takes on an increasingly international dimension, as more and more higher education institutions enroll students from third countries, create the opportunities for the exchange of students, staff, projects and knowledge, as well as get involved in international academic and research cooperation. In rising globalization, Lithuania is being increasingly involved in international networks and experiences influence of supranational powers of education. Lithuanian higher education and its legal regulat...

The quality of a training program can be identified both through its process of implementation and later through the actual activity of the trainee. During February-December 2013 the strategic project named “From start to success – national mentorship program for the professional insertion of teachers”, financed by the social European fund, was implemented. The program’s aim was to improve the professional insertion and the activity growth of junior teachers from the secondary education system through the developm...

The article is written as a reply to M. Barber, K. Donnelly and S. Rizvi the researchers of the global educational systems, in response to the question on the ways to improve the education efficiency. One of the ways the authors believe to be the interactive innovational technology of collective teaching method by V. Djachenko. This method the authors find one of the greatest discoveries of the 20th century, since this technology of managing the educational process integrates the teaching and learning processes, w...

In 2008 a curricular reform took place in Slovakia. This reform brought the ISCED 1 curriculum model to Slovak primary schools for the first time. In general, we may say that this reform cancelled the centralized model and established a two-level curriculum model. After seven years, it is clear that neither teachers nor executive workers at primary schools accepted the reform. Many negative responses have appeared calling for the re-establishment of the centralized curriculum model. The goal of this paper is to de...

Implementation of learning organization requires continuous analysis of the current state and the continuous improvement. To be able to analyze the current state, it is necessary to know the criteria by which it is possible to evaluate. The paper describes method of self-assessment organization. First part of the article identifies criteria based on previous studies and literature. Subsequently the evaluation criteria are used in the process of creation of self-assessment method in terms of learning organization.

Managing data collection for any research project can be a time consuming task. It can quickly become overwhelming if you’re collecting data on thousands of human subjects and have additional requirements of reporting results at multiple levels of analysis and producing thousands of standardized reports for many research stakeholders. As a result, more time is spent managing data than using data; taking precious time away from research. My team at the International Data Evaluation Center has developed reusable sof...

The paper aims at presenting a systematic and comprehensive overview of the language of the European Union. It defines the most frequent traits on the level of morphology, lexicology, syntax and stylistics. When characterizing the individual language levels we especially aim at those features that have a particular relevance in terms of interlingual transfer. Then, we point out at the status and use of individual EU?s official languages and at the end, we describe in brief the situation in foreign language educati...

A complex phenomenon in terms of psychological, sociological and legal aspects, adoption is a means of solving family problems of the child. It can also be a source of family problems if the rights of those involved in the adoption and especially if the fundamental rights and interests of the children are not respected. Adoption can be defined as the legal operation which creates filiation and civil kinship relationships between those stated by the law. Imposing the legal figure of adoption in the social life, the...

The article contains the first observation over the discourse of the popular psychology practiced on the women's sites from the point of view of the persuasive potential of linguistic metaphoric means. Scientific research of Golovin A.V.[1] is devoted to the analysis of persuasiveness, which claims that, being universal strategy of a text formation; persuasive strategy determines the use of certain sets of linguistic means both as rational persuasion as emotional effect. The goal of the paper is to investigate the...

Quality is a general term used in all areas, but has a specific character for each position, sector or area. In order to improve the quality, there are used techniques, methods and tools of quality. In the paper the authors propose to use and to adapt a model consecrated in industry, namely the DMAIC model, for improving the quality of educational process, in preschool institutions in Romania. Preschool period is the period of the fundamental procurement cycle, is called early educational period and its range in b...

In agreement with the vision of life in harmony with nature brings up new areas associated with the biophile focus in education. The author connects its characteristic with environmental access in intention of eco-social theories of education. She also suggests the possibility of its development. She presents the possibility of a gradual transition from the anti-environmental to the proenvironmental orientation in primary school. She draws attention to the influence of a teacher’s beliefs with regard to biophile o...

The paper presents an experimental research of processing isolated foreign language words in code non-restricted settings carried out with bilingual (Komi-Permyak-Russian native speaking) and monolingual (Russian native speaking) classroom English learners. The received results are discussed from the point of view of bilingual advantage in foreign language acquisition.

We are undoubtedly living in an intercultural and cross-cultural open-bordered world. Approaching specifically the university sector, there is a constant increase in well-funded European projects and worldwide initiatives meant to encourage mobility and permanent interaction among different academic realities. In this context, the introduction of multilingual courses, that teach simultaneously several languages belonging to the same linguistic family by means of the communicative and contrastive method of intercom...

More than six decades ago, Dr. Martin Luther King Junior published in The Maroon Tiger, an article called The Purpose of Education in which he emphasized the need to “train one for quick, resolute and effective thinking[1]”, since “to think for one’s self is very difficult”. Could we say wholeheartedly that modern education fulfills nowadays the indispensable needs Dr. King was talking about in the nineteen-fifties? Are we able to say that the chief aims of education are being achieved, and long term visions insti...

application in science classes for fifteen-year-old pupils in a real teaching process. In the paper introduction the definition of IBSE (Inquiry-Based Science Education) from the perspective of didactics of different scientific disciplines and with respect to educational psychology is presented. The authors also discuss theoretical foundations of IBSE and the development of ideas and theoretical paradigms reflected in IBSE. Attention is also paid to the curricular aspects related to the elements of IBSE. The last ...

Background: modern linguists, who study language features of media, fix significant increase in irony and language games in headlines and heading complexes. Authors of media messages abundantly use the puns based on a polysemy of words, use different kinds of metaphors, precedent texts and names. Specificity of mainstreaming precedent phenomena in the media headlines is the fact that the headline is a complex linguistic phenomenon, possessing cognitive performance. Heading complex, as well as media discourse as a ...

Quality self-assessment provides the pupil with a feedback about the course of learning, the results achieved and the fulfilment of the desired objectives. Self-assessment of pupils with specific learning disabilities represents a very demanding component of the teacher’s activity in Russian languages teaching as second foreign language. The self- assessment method may have a significant impact on the student’s motivation to learn; his/her further performance, self-confidence and self-respect. The research investi...

Methodology and content structure of communication and learning issues associated with an implementation of the European Strategy Development Document EUROPE 2020 and Framework Programme HORIZON 2020 are designed within this paper. The focus is on study programs oriented in the field of economics and management created within the study field of Economics and Management according to the European structure of fields of study. The designed concept of educational and communication model is based on the state-of-art of...

The intent of this paper is to highlight the topical problems of relationship between families and schools within the Czech environment due to deliberate action on targeted socialization of young people. In accordance with the objectives of the grant project no. IGA_PdF_2015_007 called Puberty - part of the sex educational system in the Czech and Chinese education we introduce to input information about the problems of relationship between family and school. We see that as fundamental building part for making the ...

Ecotechnology / ecological engineering as a „partnership with nature” idea based body of knowledge and methodology for ecosystem management represents itself a reasonable innovation for sustainable development education enhancement. An inspiring example of such an ecotechnological approach rooted educational experience has been discussed; namely, relevant analysis has been focused on cognitive achievements gained through development of Professional Master study program „Ecotechnologies” at Liepaja University (Latv...

The research into structural changes in national languages has been conducted on the basis of three languages (German, French and Russian). The results demonstrate that the expansion of anglicisms in the system of each language under consideration has been proved in all spheres of speech activity of national communities: from elementary verbal means to complex speech structures. While the English language penetrates the German and French languages more or less smoothly due to their common origin, the process of in...

The paper deals with one of the current problems of the Czech education – the development of literacy skills of primary and lower secondary basic school students. It draws attention to the persistent underperformance of Czech young students in international surveys of literacy, analyses representation of these issues in the existing curriculum documents and presents the results of a preliminary research focused on the role of public libraries in the development of children’s reading.

The paper is a part of a broader research aimed at identifying and evaluating key knowledge and competences in the European and international business law of graduates in International Business in the Slovak Republic. In Slovakia, several studies have been carried out in the field of university graduates success on the labour market. The common finding of these studies was that graduates in economic disciplines acquire, during their study, a solid theoretical knowledge, however, lower than expected level of practi...

Education currently serves as a significant vehicle for socialization and acculturation based upon mutual interaction between teachers and students justified in terms of the teaching process. The education process comprises a number of factors. The research focuses on the issue of adaptation, education and integration of Russian-speaking pupils-foreigners studying at a Czech school and examines specific cultural, social and communication barriers that have arisen in including individuals from a different language ...

The purpose of the research is to identify the parts of speech categories common for the blocks of the texts under investigation, to characterize their functioning and semantic meaning. The methodology of the paper: English magazine advertisements of decorative cosmetics and skincare products for women have been picked out with the help of continuous sampling method from the magazines Cosmopolitan, In Style, and Glamour. The method of structural-semantic analysis was used to reveal the structural-semantic blocks o...

Social media have created zones for information sharing, collaboration, community formation and development, but despite their widespread use, little is known about the benefits or challenges of social media technology (SMT) use for academic purposes. Some publications declare that social media can make a good tool to blend pedagogy and technology in education, thus enhancing involvement of students who regard social networks as an inseparable part of their life. Furthermore, SMT is regarded useful to add to the r...

Education is one of the most important social activities in the life of human beings. The need for broad and varied learning opportunities to cope with social, economic and technological changes is increasing. The aim of this article is to show the importance of the lifelong learning for professional development of managers of different levels as perceived by them, concerning the field of learning English, aimed at managers from various companies in Tomsk. This work is based on the implementation of the project “L...

Initial teacher education is the foundation of good job performance. Its practical component allows students to apply the acquired professional training in real school conditions. It activates and motivates students for future teaching positions; it develops their pedagogical thinking and teaches them to apply the principles of pedagogical and psychological knowledge when working with pupils in the classroom. These competencies are created through activity and it is not possible to create and transmit these compet...

Universities are considered as a social institution that provides knowledge production and intelligence renewal. "Universities crisis" is discussed in the context of necessary transition to cognitive university as new its type. Prospects for the universities’ development are associated with formation of "cognitive society". The work is based on the cultural and historical analysis of the universities’ existence and transformation; universities are understood as a social form of intellectuals’ self-organization in ...

I would like to present the biography and thought of Anna Tenenbaum (born 22nd of December 1900). Anna Tenenbaum was one of the first women students at the Jagiellonian University who were officially allowed to study. Although, as a Jewish women, she was discriminated, she successfully finished her studies and made PhD. in philosophy in 1926 and even started to work at the university. She did a PhD in strict philosophy and the topic of her dissertation was devoted to Descartes – ‘Psychologia zwierzeca u Descartesa...

The purpose of this study was experimental testing and adaptation to Russian conditions of innovative methods of correction and rehabilitation work with modern media resources (photos, audio and video) to develop the skills of social adaptation of children and adolescents with disabilities of any etiology. The study was conducted in the framework of the German-Russian project "Navigator of the Future" in partnership of Ryazan State University (Ryazan, Russia) with an international educational center "Bennohaus Bur...

The purpose of the article is to give the reader some information on the topic of «classification of shortened words». In this paper we have analyzed the research of shortened words in Germanic languages, defined similarities and described differences. The variety of taxonomic approaches give us an opportunity to investigate shortened words in English and German languages in a true sense. In this article, we will show the difference of various classifications in Germanic languages. Many scientists investigated the...

The objective of the paper is to analyze the current situation of the non-formal education in Macedonia with a comparative overview of practices in the Kingdom of Sweden in which non-formal education has a long tradition, and its impact on the youth population in the Republic of Macedonia. One of the main topics of the discussions today is the role of formal education in the process of the development of the society. In the new millennium in many countries the question is how much classical formal education system...

The European Disability Strategy 2010-2020 notes that one in six of the European working age population, approximately 80 million people, are classified as disabled. The rate of poverty for this group is 70% higher than the average and this is partly due to limited access to employment. The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities underlines the importance of inclusive education as a means of enabling disabled people "to participate effectively in a free society". The Education and Training 2020 St...

Modern information technologies influence significantly on various aspects of social life. The boundaries of this influence include the discussion of questions related with the trends development of science and education. Terms such as «Science 2.0», «escience», «e-Learning» is currently fast established in discourses on the problems of research and educational practices. Sometimes the content of these and other similar concepts has constructive characteristics. But more often application of these terms has a meta...

Improving the quality of education, especially in the area of engineering, is a priority for almost all countries. This is owing to the rapid changes in technology and constant demand to prepare students, as engineers of the future, capable of providing solutions to problems and innovations. Therefore, in this context, we should look into the ways of achieving this goal. Educational technologies can benefit both teachers as well as students, in promoting change and in encouraging the development of skills for the ...

Education is considered to be a life-long process. Successful managers in the hotel industry cannot do without involving in an effective company training, constant gaining new information and, above all, without its correct use in practice. Global market environment in which they work has been becoming more variable, demanding and critical to possible mistakes. Thus, managers are constantly forced to broaden their knowledge and improve their professional skills. In order to secure further development, hotels and h...

The primary objectives of this paper are as follows: 1) to analyze the challenges, priorities and modern trends in training vocational educators in Russia; 2) to describe the experience of implementing innovative teaching methods in the educational process at Kalashnikov Izhevsk State Technical University while training vocational educators; 3)to assess the efficacy of the pedagogy through qualitative and quantitative students’outcomes; 4) to discuss our experience and give recommendations for organizing trainee-s...

Background Assessment is an element appearing in any training-educational process. It enables to measure the level of reach of the educational process goals, as well as to adopt decisions leading to the increase of the effectiveness of the relevant activity. Assessment of the child with Down syndrome requires more focus from the assessor because such child has several disabilities at psychic-motor level which directly affect anything the child does, including the level of acquiring the elements taught and time spe...

During the last ten years, Slovakia has been undergoing a very significant reform of its school system. The basic social condition for meeting the goals of the reform lies in the attitude of teachers towards the implementation of the reform and the curriculum. The authors present some of their research findings proving that the teachers in Slovakia did not fully understood the real goals of the reform, mainly in the area of implementing the dual-level curriculum.

A teacher is a highly valued personality in a society and teaching is considered to be the most sacred and distinctive profession. History is full of evidence about the nations where education has distinguished progress. The major focus of the research was to study the impact of additional duties of government school teachers on teaching learning process in Pakistan. The main objectives of the study were: (a) to study the importance of professional duties of teachers; (b) to identify the issues related to addition...