Linguodidactic requirements to learning, teaching and assessment of English in continuous education system

Methodology deals with 3 problems, which constitute

Methodology in professional sense has 3 main notions:

• 1. Methodology as a subject
• 2. Methodology as a set or system of methods, principles, and rules for regulating a given discipline, as in arts or sciences.
• 3. Methodology as a theory of teaching and a science.

FLTM is a science researching aims, content, methods, approaches, strategies, systems of teaching and upbringing based on the materials of foreign languages.

• FLTM is a science researching aims, content, methods, approaches, strategies, systems of teaching and upbringing based on the materials of foreign languages.
• Essence of methodological science is investigation leading to discovering and grounding consequences of teaching, discovering objective structure and essence of researching feature. As a result research leads to creating theoretical grounds of scientifically proved methodical recommendations.

Methods of investigation are subdivided into basic and supplementary

• Basic methods of investigation:
• - critical literature analyses;
• - studying and generalizing positive experience of the best teachers;
• - scientifically fixed observation;
• - probative teaching;
• - testing teaching;
• - experimental teaching.

• Supplementary methods of investigation:
• - questionnaire;
• - testing;
• - talking;
• - chronometrical;
• - interview.

There are 3 functionally different types of methodology:

General methodology deals with studying consequences and peculiarities of the teaching foreign languages process despite which foreign language is studied.

• General methodology deals with studying consequences and peculiarities of the teaching foreign languages process despite which foreign language is studied.
• Private methodology studies features of teaching concrete foreign language (English, French etc.)
• Special methodology tries separate aspects of teaching theory which are of special importance for realizing foreign language teaching and upbringing process (ex. System of exercises for teaching English).