ON THE ISSUE OF THE EFFICIENCY OF FEEDBACK IN TEACHING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE FOR PROFESSIONAL PURPOSES

Abstract

The proposed work studies the role of corrective and summative feedback in foreign language teaching for professional purposes as a tool for teacher-to-student as well as peer-to-peer communication. The feedback received by teachers and students during the educational process is an important pedagogical technique that allows teachers to improve teaching methods and tactics, increase motivation of students to learn a foreign language for professional purposes and apply the acquired knowledge and skills in practice and in future professional activities. As a fundamental means of teaching and evaluation, feedback helps lecturers, administrators of educational institutions as well as authorities of the state departments of education to analyze the effectiveness and shortcomings of the existing educational programs, assess the success of the current learning development, timely adjust curricula and materials in accordance with the changing needs of students and employers.