Specialised education of uzbekistan the uzbek state world languages university the english teaching methodology department

LECTURE 1. THE PROBLEMS OF LINGUODIDACTICS IN TEACHING FOREIGN LANGUAGE METHODOLOGY IN ONGOING EDUCATION
Lecture outline:

1. 
   Introduction to the subject TFLM
   
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   Modern language policy in the Republic of Uzbekistan
   
3. 
   Methodology as a science
   
4. 
   Links of TFLM with other sciences
   
5. 
   Types of FLTM
   

Key words: educational standards, teaching FL, methodology, methodological science, scientifically fixed observation, probative teaching, testing teaching, general methodology, special methodology, private methodology, historical methodology, modern methods, and teaching technologies.
REFERENCES

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  1. Jalalov J.J. and others.. English Language Teaching Methodology, 2015 pp.4-17, written short answers on the questions on p. 17
  

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  Presidential Decrees №1875 (10.12.2012), №1971 (23.05.2013), №2909 (04.04.2017)
  
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  National Standard on FLT ( May 8, 2013)
  

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  CEFR monograph
  

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   Modern language policy in the Republic of Uzbekistan is based on:
   

1. 
   The Constitution of the Republic of Uzbekistan, December 10, 1992 (Articles 41-
   

42)

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   LAW “On Education”, August 29, 1997
   
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   National Program for Training Specialists, 1997
   
4. 
   PRESIDENTIAL DECREE №1875 (December 10, 2012) “About Measures due to
   

Further Developing System of Teaching Foreign Languages”

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   PRESIDENTIAL DECREE №1971 (May 23, 2013)
   

About Measures due to Development of Functioning Uzbekistan State University of World Languages
2. Common European Framework of Reference: Teaching, Learning, Assessment, 2001.

Presidential Decree №1875

About Measures due to Further Developing System of Teaching Foreign Languages

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  Applying International Standards
  
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  Teaching FL since 1^st FORM
  
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  Creating National Standards
  
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  Organizing National Testing Center
  
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  Raising Teachers’ Salary
  
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  Providing Modern Equipments for Foreign Language Rooms
  
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  Involving Mass Media in raising awareness of FL role nowadays
  
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  Stable Financial Support by the Ministry Of Finance of the Ruz
  

Presidential Decree №1971 (May 23, 2013) About Measures due to Development of Functioning Uzbekistan State University of World Languages

UzSWLU is appointed as basic scientific and practical center. Creating Innovative Center
Reconstruction of USUWL Buildings
Methodology (M) is considered as a young and boarder science because it is based on the links with many sciences from one side and methodology uses its own conceptions and theoretical decisions. M as a science has been originated in the end of l9 ^th and beginning 20^th century, that’s why its achievements are not so grateful as in other sciences.
Methodology in professional sense has 3 main notions:

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   Methodology as a subject
   
2. 
   Methodology as 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.
   

Question. What do you think why methodology started its development in the end of 19'^h century? Remember history.
TFLM 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.
In modern methodical literature methods of investigation are subdivided into basic and supplementary.
Basic methods of investigation:

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  Critical literature analyses;
  
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  Studying and generalizing positive experience of the best teachers;
  
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  Scientifically fixed observation;
  
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  Probative teaching;
  
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  testing teaching;
  
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  Experimental teaching.
  

Supplementary methods of investigation:

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  Questionnaire;
  
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  Testing;
  
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  Talking;
  
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  Chronometrical;
  
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  Interview.
  

Questions.

1. 
   Why are questionnaire, testing, talking, chronometrage and interview called supplementary methods of investigation?
   
2. 
   What is the difference between teaching method and research methof.
   

There are 3 functionally different types of methodology:

1. 
   General methodology.
   
2. 
   Private methodology.
   
3. 
   Special methodology.
   

General methodology deals with studying consequences and peculiaritiesof 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 theorywhich are of special importance forrealizing foreign language teaching and upbringing process (ex. System of exercises for teaching English).
Question.‘ What do you think TFLM is general, private or special? And why?
Historical methodology (history of teaching methods), experimental methodology (theory of experiment while researching teaching process), comparative methodology (fixing peculiarities of teaching foreign languages in different regions) are recognized also.
Teaching foreign languages Methodology is separate pedagogical science and it links with many other sciences.
Question: How do you think what sciences are closely connected with methodology?
Teaching foreign languages Methodology (TFLM) studies issues aimed at teaching and upbringing learners through means of the subject that‘s why its links are varied and they may be divided into 3 groups:
First of all TFLM is based on data and laws of Linguistics because language is a subject of Linguistics.
Secondly, TFLM closely connected with Psychology, and this connection is realized in 2 directions:

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   Links with Psychology of speech (ex. Oral and written speech).
   
2. 
   Links with Pedagogical psychology deals with ways of developing knowledge and skills alongside realizing higher psychological functions in teaching process.
   
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   Thirdly TFLM is based on general provisions of Didactics and theory of upbringing because based on the common положениях didactics and theory of education, Didactics and theory of upbringing form principles and rules of teaching but Methodology concretizes these provisions concerning specific subject such as foreign language.
   

Thus Linguistics, Pedagogy and Psychology are closer sciences to the TFLM than others dealing with speech and processes of transition of information. That‘s why these sciences are considered basic sciences for TFLM.
Question: What other sciences are connected with TFLM and why?
TFLM also deals with Psycholinguistics, Physiology, Theory of information and communication.
Linguistics and Psycholinguistics study speech as process of sending and getting information through language codes. Physiology deals with age features of people.
Modern methods of teaching and ICT are implemented into teaching foreign language process nowadays successfully. TFLM deals also with such sciences as Literature, Geography, and History of the countries which languages are studied.
Testing questions

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  What are the tasks of Teaching English Methodology at school?
  
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  What is methodological basis of TEM?
  
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  What do you think about the fact that Methodology started its development in 19^th
  

century? Remember history.

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  What research methods are there in methodology?
  
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  Why are questionnaire, testing, talking, chronometrage and interview called supplementary methods of investigation?
  
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  What is the difference between teaching method and research method?
  
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  What do you think TEM is general, private or special? And why?
  
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  Name aims, grounds, reasons for linking TFLM with other sciences.
  
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  What sciences are closely connected with TFLM?
  
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  How does TFLM link with linguistic sciences?
  
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  How does TFLM link with Psychology?
  
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  How does TFLM link with Pedagogy?
  
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  What other sciences are connected with TFLM and why?
  

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TYPES of TFLM

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  GENERAL METHODOLOGY
  
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  PRIVATE (SPECIAL) METHODOLOGY
  

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  COMPARATIVE METHODOLOGY (different countries)
  

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  HISTORICAL METHODOLOGY (analyzing conceptions of the past)
  
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  EXPERIMENTAL METHODOLOGY (creating theories of realizing methodical researches).