Журнал «Психология образования в поликультурном пространстве»

FOREIGN LANGUAGE EDUCATION OF ADULTS AS A MEANS OF THEIR SOCIAL SUPPORT IN THE LABOR MARKET

Author: Arkhangel’skaya N.N., Krikunov A.E.

The article is devoted to the problem of foreign language education of adults, which is considered as a means of their social support in the labor market. The authors point out that proficiency in a foreign language significantly expands the information and communication capabilities of an adult and becomes a prerequisite for increasing personal and professional mobility, providing job prospects and career growth. Within the framework of the study, several groups of adults are distinguished for whom foreign language education can be considered as a means of social support, their goals are indicated. Learning a foreign language in the period of adulthood ensures the fulfillment of the basic functions of education for adults: compensatory, adaptive and develofpmental. The article emphasizes the need for a special organization of foreign language education for adults in accordance with the characteristics of the psyche typical for the given age, the purpose of learning the language, as well as the motivation of students. Distance, traditional, corporate and individual training are offered as forms of organizing the educational process. Based on modern studies of the psychophysiological characteristics of adults, promising developments in the theory and methodology of teaching foreign languages and taking into account the practical experience of working with the category of listeners under consideration, the authors define the principles of foreign language education for adults: the principle of communicative orientation, the principle of consciousness, the principle of activity, the principle of professionally oriented communication, the principle approximations in teaching pronunciation, the principle of the necessity and sufficiency of the educational material, the principle of polyfunctionality of exercises. In accordance with these principles, the problem of the selection of content of education, methods and techniques, among which a special place is given to games, is considered. It is noted that the organization of independent work is of great importance while working with adults. The authors draw attention to the problem of control and assessment of adult learners, emphasizing the reasonability of hidden current control and meaningful marks.