DISCOURSE-ORIENTED MODULAR APPROACH TO TEACHING ENGLISH NATURAL SCIENCE DISCOURSE TO STUDENTS OF SPECIALIZED SCHOOLS
The article considers the problem of teaching senior classes students to participate in intercultural English-language natural science discourse on the basis of a discourse-oriented modular approach. A brief overview is made of the concepts ‘discourse' and ‘academic discourse'. Discourse properties are described. The authours prove the expediency of integrating such courses as “English language” and “Natural Sciences” disciplines (biology, chemistry) in the hybrid modular distant course under the conditions of profile education at the specialized school. The essence of this approach as an integrated system is revealed, its components are given in detail, which are the following: purpose, content, principles, and ways of organizing students' learning activity. Special attention is paid to the mental lexicon as a special type of vocabulary. Modular learning is considered as one of the innovative approaches to the educational process. The advantages of modular planning are presented. The article details the modular structure of the integrated distance course in English, describes a series of tasks for the development of lexical skills and abilities in separate modules (at the word, sentence and text levels, as well as video lecture-based, controlling and creative exercises).