Features of teaching a foreign language in an inclusive university environment

The importance of learning a foreign language (in our case German or French) in an inclusive university environment has been studied. Inclusive education is an educational process adapted to the needs of students with disabilities. The organization and implementation of this educational process is a difficult task, the purpose of which is to effectively educate students with disabilities. The relevance of the research topic lies in the exceptionally high attention paid to teaching students with disabilities. The issues faced by teachers of foreign languages at university in the inclusive education sphere have been considered. The authors’ main task is to consider and study the methods and technologies that teachers use to successfully integrate students with disabilities into the language learning process in higher education institutions. The importance of patriotic, moral, and cultural personal development in learning foreign languages in groups with students with disabilities has been emphasized. The authors also considered the unique psychophysiological and physical capabilities of this category of students, so they paid special attention to the need to implement interactive learning technologies and additional methodological support for the educational process.

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