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SOME PSYCHOLOGICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES OF ADULT LSP LEARNERS’ FOREIGN LANGUAGE TRAINING: FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE

Васильева Мария Артуровна
Прохорова Анна Александровна

Annotation

The article is devoted to psychological and methodological peculiarities of foreign language training for adults in the frames of International Business Communication. At present English is considered to be the international global language. Thus, the Russian government is currently in the mode of supporting the effective and affordable foreign language training not only for school and university students, but for top managers and executives especially. Working in the Russian technical university the authors came across the special category of second language learners who occupy high posts in big companies and city administration. The majority of them have a complicated set of psychological traits being an obstacle towards the successful language acquisition despite the fact of having a good language background. All the above mentioned problems the authors faced made them work out a number of appropriate methods and techniques which contribute in to the process of second language (L2)

Key words

the English language, communication in a foreign language, methods of teaching adults, language skills and abilities, interactive board, modern teaching technologies.

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