THE THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING IN NON-LINGUISTIC SPECIALTIES IN HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS OF THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC, THE CZECH REPUBLIC AND POLAND

Abstract

In the article the author researched the theoretical and methodological aspects of foreign language teaching in non-linguistic specialties in higher educational institutions of the Slovak Republic, the Czech Republic and Poland. It was described the modern approaches of foreign language teaching in institutions of higher education of countries that the author studies. Having analyzed the recent works of the Slovak, the Czech and the Polish scholars, we outlined the following main problems of teaching: 1) e-learning in ESP; 2) quality of foreign language teaching and learning; 3) CLIL methodology; 4) ESP methodology; 5) ESP teacher training, his/her professional development. Taking into account the mentioned problems, we defined the peculiarities of theoretical and methodological aspects of foreign language teaching in higher educational institutions of the Slovak Republic, the Czech Republic and Poland. It was made a review and given a description of the scientific papers, which made a certain contribution to each of the problems of teaching. The perspectives of further research were mentioned. The article is addressed to ESP teachers, scientists and researchers who are interested in the field of language education and comparative researches in higher education of such countries as the Slovak Republic, the Czech Republic and Poland.