Scientific and Practical Conference

6.4.2017

On April 4, at the Romanсе and Germanic Philology Department was held a scientific and practical conference timed to the Days of Science.

The students of the first, third, fourth courses and masters presented the results of their scientific English, German and Frenchresearches.

The dean of the faculty of foreign languages I.M. Karpenko and the head of the Romance andGermanic Philology Department S. A. Shekhavtsova congratulated the students with a good start in their scientific work; they wished inspiration and interest in this important and serious matter.

Teachers of the Romance and Germanic Philology Department D. Y. Grunenko and M. V. Veremeeva conducted a master class on the theme “The role of students’motivation in modern prophetic schools”, relying on the knowledge gained at the Winter School of the “English for Universities” project which was from by the British Council in Ukraine. The teachers spoke about the role of motivation and self-motivation in the process of teaching and learning foreign languages. They provided useful tips for increasing the students’level of motivation.

This year two sections were presented at the conference: Philological “Linguistic Research: Directions, Prospects for Development” (the heads of the section the Ph.D., Associate Professor N.G. Gumenyuk and Ph.D., Associate Professor L. V. Shapovalova) and The Methods of Teaching“TheUpdate Trends in the Foreign Languages Teaching” (the heads of the section Ph.D., Associate Professor S. A. Shekhavtsova and Ph.D., Senior Teacher A.N. Bindas).

It is worth noting the report of Irina Sklyarova, who presented the research on the topic “Linguistic features of German phraseological units on the sphere of human relations”, academic supervisor Doctor of Science, Professor A.I. Kobzar; Mikhail Limar and Regina Krivotulovloywith their research “Features of the French mentality”, academic supervisor Ph.D., Associate Professor L.V. Shapovalova; Elena Zinkovskayawith the topic “The Formation of the senior classes pupils’ workskills with English-speaking lexicographic sources”, academic supervisor ‒ Ph.D., associate professor T.A. Koknova. During the discussionthe ways of improvingand enlarging some of the studies were proposed.

At the end the students were awarded with the certificates that confirm their participation in the conference. An important fact is that not only senior students and masters took part in the scientific conference, but also the freshmen. This suggests that the younger generation of the department is interested in the study of linguistic science and the methods of its teaching.