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Article name Foreign Language Education as an Historical and Educational Phenomenon
Authors Gusevskaya N.U. ,
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Section Theoretical Issues of Pedagogy
UDK УДК 37.012.2
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Annotation Foreign languages education is a multidimensional phenomenon which is presented in several aspects. In the historical and cultural aspect foreign language education belongs to basic archetypes of the European culture and is closely connected with religious education. Being an educational phenomenon, teaching of foreign languages is one of subsystems of the national educational system whose purpose is training and education of pupils by means of foreign languages that have positive influence on their cultural and creative development. The educational aspect of teaching of foreign languages is directed toward the moral development of students on the basis of the dialogue of foreign and native cultures. The basic recent tendencies of Russian education have been synchronous teaching of foreign languages and teaching of foreign cultures, language pluralism, professionally centered training of foreign languages, pragmatic, communicative approach to learning of foreign languages. However, the main purpose of teaching foreign languages is the development of cognitive and moral spheres, the formation of a highly educated student’s personality.
Key words foreign language education, value orientations, educational aspect of teaching, methods of teaching
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