«Traditions» and «innovations» in the education activities at higher education institutions

Abstract

Modern level of formation of education and upbringing of competitive specialist at higher school demands introduction to educational process of new approaches in teaching students of all specialities and disciplines, including linguistic ones. This list includes general-linguistic basic, fundamental disciplines, and also teaching foreign languages. If earlier priority purpose in teaching high school disciplines was the aspiration to give learners certain knowledge, now it is necessary to form practical competences. This situation characterizes educational systems in the world, global scale. One of the main differences of both school and higher education institution is that pupil (or student) is not an object of education, i.e. passive listener, the passive receiver of knowledge, but an active participant of teaching who is able to work in small and big groups, in a team. As a result students will have an ability to deeper understand the given knowledge; they finish learning with high perception of the abilities; the main attention is paid to development of the competences necessary for learning all life long.