Special strategies and methods of educational activity in the training of engineering specialists on a bilingual basis

Abstract

The purpose of this work is to identify and classify special strategies and methods of educational activity under the conditions of bilingual education of future engineers in the conditions of a technical university, namely, in the case of bilingual education of higher mathematics. Bilingual learning is both a means of obtaining bilingual education and a process of forming a personality open to interaction with the surrounding world. It is noted that in the conditions of bilingual education, a foreign (in particular, English) language is not only the goal, but also a means of understanding the world of special knowledge. It is emphasized that the indicator of productive learning is the ability and readiness of a person for self-education, self-development, which involves mastering the strategies of educational activity. Different approaches to defining the essence of the learning strategies concept and learning strategies classification are analyzed. Different approaches to defining the essence of the concept of learning strategies and their classification are analyzed. It is noted that currently there are practically no studies of special learning  strategies for learning integrative courses, in particular those that are studied on a bilingual basis. The significance of the application of general and special learning strategies in the study of professional disciplines by future engineers on a bilingual basis is emphasized. Based on the experience of bilingual teaching of higher mathematics for future engineers, special strategies and methods of learning activity for deepening mathematical knowledge through the use of a foreign language have been identified and systematized (compensatory strategies; strategies for finding supports; contextualization strategies; resource strategies). Emphasis is placed on the need to explicitly provide learning strategies, with their integration into a practical bilingual mathematics course. It is noted that students can apply certain special learning strategies also in further professional engineering activities, including in the conditions of a foreign language professional environment.