SOME ASPECTS OF THE PRACTICE OF TEACHING ENGLISH IN A MULTINATIONAL AUDIENCE OF THE FAR EASTERN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY.
Abstract
This article deals with the problems of teaching English in multicultural classroom in the Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) cultural diversity taken into account.
Globalization of higher education has led to significant increases of the number of international students. In a multicultural context, students should learn how to interact with people who are ethnically and culturally different from themselves. This paper aims to present communicative language approach in multicultural classroom FEFU. Communication skills have been more in center of creating atmosphere of “common culture” in the classroom.The emphasis is placed on psychoemotional disposition of international students in the multicultural classroom of FEFU
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