A Language Textbook for the Specialty “Design” for Chinese Students of the Joint Engineering Institute: Concept, Structure, Content
Teaching the language of speciality to foreign students in international joint educational programs is one of the priority tasks both for the organizers of these programs and for the teachers of the Russian as a foreign language. Given the fact that each joint educational program is unique, there is a need to create specialized teaching and learning materials. In order to increase the efficiency of learning a professional language it is recommended not only to be guided by the curricula of the universities, where foreign students will study, but also to take into consideration the national-psychological peculiarities of the students. The article presents the structure of the new textbook for Chinese students of the Joint Engineering Institute in the field of “Industrial Design”. The Joint Engineering Institute was created by Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University and Jiangsu Pedagogical University in Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province, China. The materials of the article can be used in the development of teaching materials for Chinese students studying in joint programs.