TEACHING HIGHER MATHEMATICS ON A BILINGUAL BASIS: PROBLEMS AND FEATURES
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https://doi.org/10.35433/pedagogy.1(120).2025.9Keywords:
higher mathematics, foreign language, bilingual teaching/learning model, foreign language education, subject-oriented didactic models, engineering education, academic mobilityAbstract
Changing paradigms of higher education, challenges of globalization necessitate a review of methods and approaches to training future specialists in Ukrainian universities. One of the modern requirements is the training of a specialist who is able to work in a multicultural environment. Bilingual education meets this goal.
The purpose of this work is to highlight the specifics of teaching higher mathematics in English for students of engineering specialties. Some factors affecting the effectiveness of bilingual instruction in engineer education have been analyzed in this paper. These factors play significant roles in promoting the development of bilingual instruction which have been proved in practice. Specific problems that arise for the instructor when teaching in a foreign language are identified, and possible practical ways to overcome them are given. It is shown that these problems do not affect the quality of education provided that the instructor has proper methodological qualifications.
A statistical study was conducted among 1st year students majoring in 141 Power Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Electrical Mechanics. The conducted studies have shown that the factor of learning higher mathematics in a foreign language does not affect the mastery of subject content. This allows expanding the practice of bilingual teaching to professional and general technical disciplines when training future engineers in a technical university.
The results of the study can be the basis for future research: conducting a statistical experiment to identify the influence of bilingual teaching/learning on the formation of bilingual subject competence in mathematics of future engineers; overcoming cognitive costs when learning mathematics in a foreign language.
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