Formation of Foreign Communicative Competence of Adult Immigrants in the USA

Autor/in	Sadovets, Olesya
Titel	Formation of Foreign Communicative Competence of Adult Immigrants in the USA
Quelle	In: Comparative Professional Pedagogy, 4 (2014) 1, S.38-44 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2353-9518
DOI	10.2478/rpp-2014-0006
Schlagwörter	Communicative Competence (Languages); Immigrants; Adult Education; English (Second Language); Comparative Analysis; Outreach Programs; Comparative Education; Program Effectiveness; Language Fluency; Language Proficiency; Educational Principles; Interpersonal Communication; Skill Development; Foreign Countries; New York (New York); Ukraine + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Communicative competence; Languages; Kommunikative Kompetenz; Sprache; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Jobcoaching; Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Bildungsprinzip; Interpersonale Kommunikation; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Ausland
Abstract	The necessity of forming foreign communicative competence of adult immigrants has been substantiated. The topicality of this issue for Ukraine has been defined. The experience of Global Talent Bridge, an initiative of World Education Services that is dedicated to helping skilled immigrants fully utilize their talents and education in the United States, concerning formation of adult immigrants' communicative competence has been analyzed. It has been defined that their research concerning organization and realization of contextualized education of adult immigrants aimed at the formation of communicative competence in the process of learning English as a second language has positive results and can be used as a basis for formation of communicative competence of Ukrainian emigrants. Principles of communicative approach to learning a language and the essence of learning for specific purposes have been defined. It has been determined that the education of adult immigrants aimed at the formation of communicative competence is sure to presuppose the availability of contextualized curriculum. The definition of contextualized curriculum has been given. It has been stated that in the process of its elaboration it is necessary to take into consideration the aim of immigrants' language learning, the priority of fluency and proficiency of language, principles of learning a foreign language by adults, communicative aspect of learning a language, the necessity of forming skills of Basic Interpersonal Communication and Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency; usage of special tests for checking skills of communicative competence, different types of lessons for proficient knowledge of everyday English as a second language. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01