Features of teaching social humanitarian disciplines at the university for students studying in English

Abstract

The article is devoted to the description of the research conducted within the framework of teaching the course “Political Science” at the Karaganda Medical University using CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) technology. In the last decade, CLIL technology has become widely used. This is a dual educational approach in which an additional language is used to study and teach a general education subject, both its content and language. Authentic materials have a special role in this approach. They help to enrich students' learning experience, broaden their horizons and acquire knowledge not only about the subject, about the contextual interdisciplinary environment, but also about specific terms in the study of the subject and their use within authentic texts. The study involved 2nd-year students of the International Medical University of the educational program “General Medicine” studying in English. To conduct the study entrance and final tests were developed to assess the level of understanding of authentic texts, as well as five lessons with tasks using authentic texts. According to the results of the work the positive dynamics of the understanding of authentic texts was observed in all students to varying degrees. It should be noted that in the oral survey students repeatedly expressed interest in the prepared tasks with Indian content, which undoubtedly confirms the high motivation of students to the developed lessons with authentic material, and, consequently, to the subject and language being studied, which can serve as an incentive for further development and use of this experience.