I. YAKOVLEV CHUVASH STATE PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY BULLETIN

interdisciplinarity, higher professional education, professional environment, foreign language instruction, interdisciplinary links

The research interest in interdisciplinarity in the system of higher professional education springs from the interaction between different areas of knowledge due to global integration processes, which influences all spheres of human life, including education. The interdisciplinary approach to teaching foreign languages in higher engineering education makes it possible to integrate knowledge and skills from various fields, both engineering and non-engineering, which will help specialists to solve complex problems that they will face in their future professional environment. The specificity of the subject “Foreign Language” provides ample opportunity for exploiting integration trends to the benefit of all the participants of the educational process. These factors determine the relevance of the problem under study. Following the analysis of the scientific works on the research topic through theoretical and practical methods, the authors have come to the conclusion that one of the most necessary conditions for creating an integrative foreign language learning environment at an engineering school is identifying interdisciplinary links. Specific aspects of the interdisciplinary approach have been studied thoroughly by pedagogical scientists from our country and abroad, but there are still issues open to further study and development as some theoretical aspects often do not reflect the actual educational environment. This imbalance is caused by a variety of factors analyzed in the current study. The analysis of scientific literature enables the authors to suggest recommendations for successful implementation of the interdisciplinary approach to creating an integrative foreign language learning environment on the basis of professionally oriented language instruction at the civil engineering university. These recommendations include integration of educational materials on construction; project-based learning, cross-cultural learning; use of interactive technologies; cooperation with teachers of engineering disciplines; educational and methodological seminars for teachers.

Метелькова Лилия Александровна – кандидат педагогических наук, заведующий кафедрой иностранных языков и профессиональной коммуникации Национального исследовательского Московского государственного строительного университета (НИУ МГСУ), г. Москва, Россия, https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9947-1344, lilia.metelkova@gmail.com

Роот Эвелина Владимировна – старший преподаватель кафедры иностранных языков и профессиональной коммуникации Национального исследовательского Московского государственного строительного университета (НИУ МГСУ), г. Москва, Россия, https://orcid.org/
0000-0001-9991-5523, RootEV@mgsu.ru