ZAVADSKAYA A. TELEGRAM CHANNEL AS A MEANS OF ORGANIZING SELF-STUDY IN TEACHING THE LANGUAGE FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES TO STUDENTS OF A MEDICAL UNIVERSITY. LIFELONG EDUCATION: The 21st Century.
2025. Vol. 13. No. 1. DOI: 10.15393/j5.art.2025.10307


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TELEGRAM CHANNEL AS A MEANS OF ORGANIZING SELF-STUDY IN TEACHING THE LANGUAGE FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES TO STUDENTS OF A MEDICAL UNIVERSITY

ZAVADSKAYA Anastasia V.
PhD of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Russian Language
Orenburg State Medical University
(Orenburg, Russian Federation)
a.v.zavadskaya@gmail.com
Keywords:
Russian as a foreign language
language for special purposes
self-study
medical university
Telegram channel
speech activity.		 Abstract: teachers of linguistic disciplines note low motivation to study foreign languages among students of medical universities. As a rule, students usually do not pay due attention to self-study, which accounts for up to 30 % of the hours allocated for studying the discipline. To increase motivation, it is necessary to look for alternative learning options, including new ways of organizing self-study. One of them is to attract the resources of the Telegram messenger. Having studied the educational potential of this platform, the author has developed a system of self-study for foreign medical students studying Russian as a foreign language for professional purposes (the language for special purposes). The article describes a set of tasks aimed at both the aspect of language learning and the development of communication skills in various types of speech activity. In particular, the author proposes a system of work on teaching and consolidating medical vocabulary as well as grammar specific for medical discourse. The article also demonstrates various options for tasks aimed at developing the skills of receptive (reading and listening) and productive (speaking and writing) types of speech activity. The author concludes that the proposed system of work within the framework of the Telegram channel management increases the motivation of foreign students to study the language for special purposes and makes self-study more effective. The described forms of work can also be used in teaching other foreign languages to students of various fields of study.
Paper submitted on: 11/27/2024; Accepted on: 02/10/2025; Published online on: 03/25/2025.

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