Problems of the modern textbook

No. 28 (2022)
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Shaping Rational Strategies of Educational Activity to Boost Cognitive Skills of 5–6 Grade Students in the Process of Foreign Language Learning

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  • Oleksandr Pasichnyk
Oleksandr Pasichnyk
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.32405/2411-1309-2022-28-99-114

Published 2022-07-20

Keywords

  • mnemonics,
  • visual aids,
  • strategies of cognitive activity,
  • foreign language acquisition,
  • foreign language textbook

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Pasichnyk О. (2022). Shaping Rational Strategies of Educational Activity to Boost Cognitive Skills of 5–6 Grade Students in the Process of Foreign Language Learning. Problems of the Modern Textbook, (28), 99–114. https://doi.org/10.32405/2411-1309-2022-28-99-114
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Abstract

Introduction: Currently competence paradigm prompts educators to reconsider approaches to delivering content of education to students as well as provides them with tools to properly and adequately process the obtained didactic material, i. e. structure, systemize, and analyze it. Besides, students have to develop their own strategies of cognitive activity.
Research objective is to define educational strategies which will have a positive impact on the process of foreign language acquisition by students in grades 5–6.
Methodological background and research methods. Theoretical fundamentals of the research are based on findings of cognitive psychology which prove that mnemonic strategies simplify the process of memorizing new information, including linguistic material. Besides, these strategies enable students to express their own ideas in a more logical and structured way. The empirical aspect of the research was based on exposing 5–6-grade students to new strategies in the process of foreign language acquisition. The obtained results are based on teachers’ observations and feedback provided in the process of research.
Results. The following tasks of foreign language learning in grades 5–6 were considered of primary importance: the ability to work with vocabulary; the ability to express own ideas logically in written and oral forms; the ability to work with linear text. Empirical research proved that the following strategies have a positive impact on students’ cognitive processes: (1) umbrella method, (2) mind maps, (3) grouping data in tables, (4) visual cribs, (5) timeline, (6) 5Ws method.
Discussions and conclusions. Based on the obtained data the authors recommend to integrate the above-­mentioned strategies in the content of foreign language textbooks so that students will be exposed to them in the process of language learning. The strategies are structured according to years of study. Although these strategies are considered vital for implementing principles of a competence-­based approach in education, students are free to choose the most appropriate tools which correspond to their needs and learning styles.

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