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SHS Web Conf.
Volume 48, 2018
ERPA International Congresses on Education 2018 (ERPA 2018)
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Article Number | 01071 | |
Number of page(s) | 9 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/20184801071 | |
Published online | 15 August 2018 |
Shaping the quality of second language learning: Students’ perspective
Kazan Federal University, 18, Kremlevskaya St., Kazan, 420012, Russia
* Corresponding author: imsold@mail.ru
The paper dwells on the problem of identifying the most crucial factors affecting the quality of foreign language learning from the students’ perspective. Quality foreign language education is a disputable issue in 21 century due to the increased global workforce competition. Human capital has a great impact on education as an important factor in shaping a new quality of country’s economy and well-being of society. Foreign language skill is an integral component of highly qualified professionals as the global economic processes make them participate in cross-border business communication. In these conditions the aim of higher education establishments is to provide quality of language learning and teaching that allows future specialists not to distort the meaning in written and oral communication within their professional framework. The two-phase survey conducted among 67 students of the Institute of Management, Economics and Finance of the Kazan Federal University provided with quantitative data. The respondents ranked differently the factors determining the quality of language learning and teaching responses after two years of completing their foreign language education and were generally satisfied with the quality of service rendered. The obtained results give optimistic forecasts regarding the improvement of foreign language education and help reconsider the way of teaching a foreign language basing on the chosen factors.
Key words: foreign language / learning / quality foreign language education / communicative competence / facilities and teaching materials / education infrastructure
© The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2018
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