The pedagogy of surprise as a leading concept for the development of the ESP textbook for transport university students

Матвеева Н.В., Колос Л.Е.

doi:10.7256/2454-0676.2024.3.71344

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Matveeva, N.V., Kolos, L. (2024). The pedagogy of surprise as a leading concept for the development of the ESP textbook for transport university students. Pedagogy and education, 3, 128–146. https://doi.org/10.7256/2454-0676.2024.3.71344

The pedagogy of surprise as a leading concept for the development of the ESP textbook for transport university students

Matveeva Natalia Viktorovna

ORCID: 0000-0002-4325-9739

PhD in Pedagogy

PhD in Pedagogy, Associate Professor, Foreign Language Department, Russian University of Transport (MIIT)

142211, Russia, Moscow, Obraztsova str., 9

matveevanv@mail.ru

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Kolos Larisa

Senior Lecturer; Foreign Language Department; Russian University of Transport (MIIT)

building 9, Russia, Moscow, Obraztsova str., 9

kle67@mail.ru

DOI:

10.7256/2454-0676.2024.3.71344

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FAPBPF

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26-07-2024

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06-10-2024

Abstract:

Статья ретрагирована по ходатайству авторов в связи с тем, что была опубликована без прохождения процедуры согласования текста с руководством кафедры «Иностранный язык» Российского университета транспорта и утверждения на заседании кафедры.

The subject of this study is the process of teaching English to students majoring in engineering at a transport university. The object of the research is the pedagogy of surprise as a concept for the textbook development. The authors consider the possibilities of the pedagogy of surprise, determine its content for teaching English to students in detail. Special attention is paid to developing tasks based on the sources of surprise: facts, methods, environment and student's own achievements. The surprise by the fact lies in the peculiarities of terminology and interesting facts of professional foreign culture. The methods includes a computer format for the tasks, the paradox of the educational situation. The environment is supported by the visual aids and the dialogic nature of the learning process. Surprise by one's own achievements is possible when students perform tasks using logical thinking and work at the limit of intellectual capabilities. The research was carried out at the Department of Foreign Language of the Russian University of Transport (MIIT) as part of the work on the Monolanguage project. As a result, a textbook, based on the ideas of the pedagogy of surprise, has been developed for teaching English to students of the Institute of Transport Technology and Control Systems. The theoretical significance lies in substantiating the possibility of using the pedagogy of surprise in English language classes at a university, determining the basic elements of the course to ensure continuity between the English language courses for general purposes and specific ones. The practical significance lies in the possibility of using the developed educational materials in practical pedagogical activities. The following conclusions were drawn. Pedagogy of surprise contradict neither the professionally oriented nor content and language integrated learning, serves developing the emotional sphere of students. The article outlines the directions for further research.

Keywords:

foreign language, transport university, English for Specific Purposes, pedagogy of surprise, source of surprise, foreign language communication, working programme, digitalization of railways, motivation, paradox

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The article "Pedagogy of surprise as a leading concept in the development of a textbook for students of a transport university studying English as a specialty" is submitted for review. The work is a theoretical review, as well as an analysis of the results of an empirical study. The subject of the study. The work is aimed at considering the possibility of surprise pedagogy as a leading concept for teaching English as a specialty. The author described the experience of developing a textbook based on this concept. The methodology of the study. The author analyzes a number of works that address the problem in the following aspects: - the concepts of professionally oriented learning and a subject-language integrative approach to teaching English in the specialty; - the concept of pedagogy of surprise. The relevance of the research is due to a number of facts: - the interest of the scientific and pedagogical community in the problems of creating an English textbook for special purposes; - it is important to identify effective tools for the implementation of teaching methods for modern students of technical specialties. The scientific novelty of the research lies in the following: - in the process of developing tasks and exercises, the compatibility of surprise pedagogy with the provisions of professionally oriented teaching and the subject-language integrative approach to teaching English in the specialty, which is currently established for the development of educational materials in Russian universities; - the content of sources of surprise in teaching English for special purposes in - the updated content of the sources of surprise is implemented in tasks and exercises on the topics of the work program of the Institute of Transport Technology and Control Systems of the Russian University of Transport (MIIT). Style, structure, content. The style of presentation corresponds to publications of this level. The language of the work is scientific. The structure of the work is traced, the author highlights the main semantic parts. The logic in the work can be traced. The content of the article meets the requirements for works of this level. The scope of the work allows you to fully disclose the subject of the study. The introductory section defines the research problem. The author highlights its relevance, indicates the interest of the scientific and pedagogical community in the problems of creating an English textbook for special purposes, and also formulates the purpose and hypothesis of the research. The second section is devoted to the literature review. The author analyzes a number of works, defines the theoretical and methodological foundations of the study. This made it possible to identify the content of the phenomenon of "surprise", its causes and main characteristics. The author examines the works of B. Ballinger, D. Murray, P.A.Stepichev, E.M. Skurko, A.S. Muzychenko, M.V. Korosteleva, R.A. Pirogov, etc. Theoretical analysis allowed to substantiate the application of the concept of surprise in the methodology of teaching English in a higher educational institution of a technical orientation. The next section is devoted to the description of the methods and materials of the conducted research. The study of the possibility of using the ideas of the pedagogy of surprise in the development of a textbook for teaching English in the specialty was conducted at the Department of Foreign Language of the Russian University of Transport (MIIT) as part of the work on the Monolanguage project. The author describes the content of the work program on the discipline, the main stages. In addition, the scientific novelty and practical significance of the conducted research are formulated. The following section describes the results of the study and the analysis of the results obtained. The author highlights the basic elements that should be reflected in the manual to ensure continuity between the English language course for general purposes and the English language course of the specialty. We are talking about presenting a number of tasks and exercises in a computer format with links and QR codes on the pages of the manual; including authentic thematic videos to work on each topic; organizing group and individual project activities. Special attention is paid to determining the sources of surprise in the tasks, which include surprise by the fact, surprise by the method, surprise by the environment, surprise by one's own efforts. In conclusion, generalizing conclusions are made. Bibliography. The bibliography of the article includes 31 domestic and foreign sources, a significant number of which have been published over the past three years. The list includes mainly articles and abstracts. In addition, there is also an abstract of the dissertation, educational and teaching aids, electronic resources, etc. Sources are not uniformly and correctly designed in all positions (for example, numbers 10, 20, etc.). Appeal to opponents. Recommendations: 1) to offer recommendations for teachers on the use of a textbook for students of a transport university studying English as a specialty, which is developed based on the concept of pedagogy of surprise; 2) to bring the design of the bibliographic list to uniformity in accordance with the requirements. Conclusions. The problems of the topic are characterized by undoubted relevance, theoretical and practical value; it will be of interest to specialists who deal with the problems of methods of teaching English in higher education institutions. The article may be recommended for publication. However, it is important to take into account the highlighted recommendations and make appropriate changes. This will make it possible to submit scientific, methodological and research work to the editorial board, which is characterized by scientific novelty and practical significance.

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