LANGUAGE CLUB AS A TUTORIAL OF SPEAKING ACTIVITY OF STUDENTS IN ONLINE TRAINING

Abstract

Description of a project of a distant language club for students of department faculty is presented in the article. The club is a type of the out-of-school activities aimed at adaptation foreigners to life in Russia and help them to overcome the language barrier. The club is having weekly meetings on different themes: family, study, online environment, emotions, hobbies, urban life, force majeure and etc. To prepare for meetings students use materials developed by their teachers that add lexical and grammatical minimum suggested in the majority of textbooks. Meetings contribute development of speaking, reading and listening skills and communicative competence. Types of language and speech exercises that used at the meetings are also detailed in the article. Based on the survey, the researchers make the attendance graphic and found the most interesting tasks for foreign students. In conclusion the authors consider the prospect of the language club development for students of different non-philological specialties that study core courses at universities.