Project work in a foreign language at the university: Challenges and benefits. Students’ opinion
https://doi.org/10.26425/1816-4277-2023-4-179-188
Abstract
The authors of the article present and analyze surveys of first, second and third year students of the State University of Management in Moscow on issues and problems related to project activities in a foreign language within the framework of curricula in the disciplines “Foreign Language” and “Foreign language of professional business communication”. As a result of the study, the authors conclude that students mostly come to the university with project work skills and improve them over several semesters at the university. The study revealed the most popular programs and platforms that students use to complete project tasks, and also the examples of managerial capacity and volitional powers that, in the opinion of students, a student should acquire in the process of project implementation. The article describes the main factors that can encourage them to do project work, and some problems associated with the implementation of project activities at the State University of Management. The results obtained reflect the university realities of students’ project work in a foreign language and can be useful to methodologists and developers of university curricula.
About the Authors
E. V. Zubareva
State University of Management
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Elena V. Zubareva - Senior Lecturer at the Foreign Languages Department,
Moscow
I. G. Tuchkova
State University of Management
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Irina G. Tuchkova - Senior Lecturer at the Foreign Languages Department,
Moscow
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Zubareva E.V., Tuchkova I.G. Project work in a foreign language at the university: Challenges and benefits. Students’ opinion. Vestnik Universiteta. 2023;(4):179-188. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.26425/1816-4277-2023-4-179-188
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