Interactive tools as a motivational stimulus in preparing students for professional activities

Abstract

The authors consider interactive teaching aids as a motivational stimulus in preparing students for future professional activities using the example of the electronic educational and methodological manual “Professionally oriented English. Biology”. This manual was developed directly for the preparation of students of pedagogical specialties, namely students of the specialty 6B01509 — Biology, to use English in their professional activities in the conditions of modernization of education in the Republic of Kazakhstan. The relevance of the use of English in professional activities by students of pedagogical specialties is determined by the systematic transition to teaching in Kazakh, Russian, and English the subjects of the natural and mathematical cycle of general education schools. The increasing demand for the English language as a result of this, a significant expansion of the possibilities of its practical application, makes it a means of improving the professional activity of a highly qualified specialist. However, for the successful implementation of the trilingual initiative, it is important not only to target the training of students of pedagogical specialties of the university, but also to develop methodological and scientific-methodological support. In the course of the conducted pedagogical research using a combination of various incentives in various forms and methods of conducting classes that encourage students to active educational and cognitive activities, creating situations of professional foreign language communication and a positive emotional atmosphere in the preparation process, there is a positive trend in the formation of the motivational component of the readiness of students of pedagogical specialties to use English in professional activities.