Innovation in Language Learning

Synergetic approaches are rarely used in the process of teaching students foreign language for special purposes, including medical students (in Russian medical universities English is a compulsory subject). Modern language education requires the implementation of the modern technological model of the reflective and creative approach (RCA) worked out by us. This model meets the social, axiological and psychological requirements of modern pedagogy.

Indicative and operational stage of the model’s inculcation presupposes the active presentation of the educational material at the basis of the peculiarities of the development of the students’ reflective and creative skills, at the necessity of the development of these skills for the students with the low extent of the expressiveness of reflection and creativity. Organizational and activity stage is a forming phase when the formation of the students’ both language and reflective and creative competences takes place. Controlling stage includes the complex checking the formation of the students’ competences. Criteria oriented testing is possible in conditions of choice of the different forms of the tests providing the control of formation of the skills and abilities. For this purpose it is recommended to use not only traditional test technologies, but also creative forms of educational activity worked out by us.

The inculcation of reflective and creative approach in the process of language education of a student of non-linguistic higher education establishment is the experience of innovative pedagogical activity. The author’s theory of interconnection of reflection, creativity and social and cultural component of teaching foreign language requires designing the effective concept of RCA at the basis of the unity of methodological, theoretical and technological aspects.

Thus, the technological model of educational process offered by us is designed considering the symbiosis of reflection and creativity in pedagogical process. It unites the principles of synergetic approach and consideration of the psychological and didactic regularities while organization of education as well as creates optimum educational environment based on the students’ personal features and forming their critical and divergent thinking.

Technological model of language education has allowed to improve the qualitative characteristics of the educational process and motivation to learn, to enhance the parameters of the tempos of education and productivity of didactic process in general. That is why we consider this model to be effective and perspective.  Practical inculcation of the model is carried out in the process of the experiment by means of working out the educational plans, the programs of basic and elective courses, textbooks and methodic recommendations for the teachers and the students.