MENTAL MAPS IN TEACHING FOREIGN LANGUAGES TO MASTER STUDENTS OF TECHNICAL SPECIALTIES

Abstract

The article is devoted to the issues of teaching monologue speech in a foreign language to master students of technical specialties due to the updating of Federal state educational standards of the third generation ++ (3++). The concept of monologue speech is considered, difficulties that master students usually face when constructing a monologue of a professional nature are analyzed, and the existing teaching approaches and methods are described. It is proposed to use the technology of mental maps as a support for building a monologue in a foreign language. The potential of mental maps in teaching is revealed, their types and rules of creation are described. Examples of mental maps and tasks for teaching a professional foreign language to master students of technical specialties are given, and their effectiveness is justified.