The Linguistic Competence of the Teacherof the Higher School
This publication provides an analysis of linguistic expression of scientific ideas by professors teaching different specialties at universities of a technical profile (Kaunas University of Technology and Vilnius Gediminas Technical University). The purpose of the investigation is to analyze peculiar...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | deu |
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Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
2011-04-01
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Series: | Coactivity: Philology, Educology |
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/coactivity.2007.34 |
Summary: | This publication provides an analysis of linguistic expression of scientific ideas by professors teaching different specialties at universities of a technical profile (Kaunas University of Technology and Vilnius Gediminas Technical University). The purpose of the investigation is to analyze peculiarities in the linguistic expression of scientific ideas by professors teaching specialty at the universities of a technical profile and its educational effect on the students’ language. The object of the study: language of the professors as an educational factor. The investigational object is analyzed from the aspect of the students’ attitude. Methods of the study: poll in the form of questionnaires and statistical analysis. In total, 622 students studying in the 1st year of undergraduate studies and those pursuing postgraduate studies for a Master’s degree were questioned: 390 from Kaunas University of Technology and 232 from Vilnius Gediminas Technical University. After generalization of the analysis results of the linguistic expression of scientific ideas by professors teaching specialty, it is obvious that the linguistic competence of the professors teaching specialty is an insufficiently effective linguistic factor. In addition, it became clear that linguistic abilities of the professors teaching specialty influenced the students’ attitude to the academic linguistic environment, the respondents’ interest in publications about language culture and terminology and affected the progress in studies of language culture. After summing up of the investigational results pertaining to the personality and the educational abilities of a professor of language culture, it is possible to assert that the respondents consider the professional competence and the high requirement level for the own language as the main criteria for a professor of language culture. |
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ISSN: | 2351-714X 2335-7711 |