EDUCATIONAL AND METHODOLOGICAL SUPPORT FOR EFL TEACHING IN BELARUSIAN UNIVERSITIES

 The article deals with the relevant problem of educational and methodological support for EFL teaching for students of language specialties in Belarusian universities. The article presents an overview of the methodological textbooks covering the content of the discipline “First Foreign Language” for the specialty 1-21 05 06 “Romance and Germanic philology”, prepared by the lecturers of the Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics of Mogilev State A. Kuleshov University. The article describes the structural features of educational and methodological textbooks, their thematic and informative content. Various types  of exercises (language exercises, conditional speech exercises, speech exercises) are reviewed. Examples of exercises used in different sections (such as Topical Vocabulary, Lead-in, Focus on Reading, Focus on Vocabulary, Focus on Idioms, Focus on Listening, Focus on Speaking, Focus on Writing, Project, etc.) are provided. The article draws conclusions about the importance of adapting EFL textbooks for students of language specialties in Belarusian universities in  accordance with the communicative approach and programme documentation. 

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