CHALLENGES OF TEACHING ENGLISH IN A NON-LINGUISTIC HIGHER SCHOOL

Abstract

The article summarizes many years of work experience at a university. Teaching English is not an easy task, especially in a country where English is not a native language for students, and its study is limited to specific learning purposes. Nowadays, undergraduates quite often face numerous problems, ranging from overcrowded foreign language groups, insufficient mastery of vocabulary, low concentration, boredom and difficulties with speech due to the low level of language proficiency, lack of discipline, inability to work independently and to distinguish fake information from the real one. Meanwhile, problems of teachers lie in insufficient language practice and the need to revise teaching methods in terms of information technology. The main pedagogical tool remains motivation of students for mastering a foreign language.