A one-minute talk in teaching speaking for specific purposes

Педагогика и психология образования. 2021. No. 4. P. 84–100.

Marina O., Demchenkova O.

The article responds to the increasing need to teach successful speaking in situations of problematic nature, which include almost all instances of professional communication as well as oral exams in the academic context. The approach is research - based and relies on certain provisions of the cognitive processes involved in speech production, the principles of communicative mobility and problem-based learning.This paper describes a practical teaching technique that helps to develop students’ ability to use a foreign language for professional communication effectively. The main stress in designing the tasks is carefully constructed scaffolding leading to the acquisition of all necessary skills for a student to be a successful independent communicator even in stressful environment. The system of teaching steps based on the suggested approach tested in English language classes at National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow.

Keywords: Профессиональная коммуникативная компетенция, foreign language for professional purposes, иностранный язык для специальных целей, структурированная речь, Speaking for specific purposes, professional communicative competence, structured speech, a one-minute talk, говорение для специальных целей, краткий монолог