THE ADVENT CALENDAR AS A SET-UP TOOL FOR PROJECT-BASED ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE PROFESSIONAL RETRAINING PROGRAM “TEACHER OF ENGLISH”

Abstract

The aim of this study is to develop a heuristic pedagogical technology for implementation of the project method based on the principles of an Advent calendar (or adventure calendar). Highlighting the modernized goals of the Russian System of Education and the Strategy of State Cultural Policy for the Period up to 2030, it is crucial to incorporate a sociocultural (national) component into students’ work on individual projects. The modernization of linguistic education, the specific characteristics of the students (who are mainly representatives of the “digital generation”), and the content of foreign language education aimed at developing of foreign language communicative competence with a focus on sociocultural aspects and intercultural communication, declare the importance of ongoing pedagogical innovation, which involves the development of educational technologies related to gamification, so that they could foster and maintain high level of educative motivation and cognitive interest.