The problem of ways of increasing motivation in the university foreign language teaching is analyzed. It is emphasized the motivation can cause the purposeful activity of a student’s personality in learning a foreign language. The analysis of scientific literature that is connected with the problems of motivation as a complex mechanism of the correlation of external and internal factors that determine the appearance and methods of implementation of educational activity forms, its focus on the internal incentives of knowledge gaining, is carried. Attention is focused on the fact that the efficiency of educational activities depends on the strength of motivation. The degree of success depends on the use of techniques and methods of the learning process organizing, which, in our opinion, contribute to the creation of motivational incentives of learning a foreign language: the linguistic and country-specific studies aspect, focus on professional activity, the use of computer technologies in extracurricular work, and educational process gamification. It is concluded that the internal motivation has a great motivating force, and its condition is the creation of the success situation by the teacher that can be reached with the help of reward for successful work system, attracting the additional material of country-specific studies nature, improving communicative skills, usage of educational platforms as homework, usage of the gamification to involve students in solving educational non-game processes and situations.

The technologies of theatre therapy in modern social rehabilitation are presented, the components of the pair of theatre system are revealed: game therapy; hospital clownery; psychodrama; psychomelodrama; satidrama; figurative psychodrama; pesso-therapy; psychogymnastics; “theatre of the oppressed”; forum theatre; “political theatre”; invisible theatre; theatre of memories; playback theatre; theatre of homeless artists or other unprotected categories; theatre of sports. It is noted that theatre therapy is extremely important for the social rehabilitation of children. We discuss some of the most outstanding achievements of the experimental technology theatre therapy in different countries: USA (project “Invisible People”); Greece; Russia (Project “Invizibl people” or “People Invisible”; All-Russian Festival of Special Theatres “ProTeatr”; project “Ariadne's Thread”; project “Touch-Ables”; “Theatre of Open-Hearted”; “ARTель inspiration”; “NeFoрмат”; “Speak Freely” (L.V. Soloveva)). It is indicated that by means of theatre therapy there is an improvement of skills of conscious action in the conditions of dramatic work, processes of self-knowledge in the context of development of emotional-strong-willed and intellectual-cognitive spheres of the personality are stimulated. The implementation of art therapy technologies in the modern practice of social rehabilitation is extremely relevant and in demand. That is why so important theoretical and methodological justification of formation and promising directions of development of these technologies, as well as creating the appropriate database information and methodological support that takes into account the latest advances in medical and psycho-pedagogical branches of scientific knowledge. Also important specialized programs for retraining and advanced training of social workers, taking into account innovative developments in the field of social rehabilitation, including technologies of theatre therapy.

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We reveal the essence and specificity of civic education of youth in the context of functioning of cultural protective and environmental initiatives. We identify the features of profile-oriented social and educational work. We characterize the ways of involving young people in innovative project activities focused on civic education, the ecology and the protection of cultural heritage. Project activities are positioned as a special type of social creativity, the strategic goal of which is to create a well-organized community of initiative citizens. We give the characteristic of the activity of youth and civic initiatives centers; youth banks of social initiatives and business in-cubators. We show the role of noncommercial organizations in the development of youth volun-teering. We analyze the tasks and prospects of holding festivals and competitions of civic initia-tives, fairs of projects and quests. We summarize the activities experience of civic initiatives of young people of environmental and ecocultural orientation, as well as the work of virtual leisure communities for the integration of volunteers (on the example of the Moscow and Saint Petersburg community of bloggers). We systematize data on the most popular environmental and ecocultural projects that have become widespread in Russia. We analyze the features of implementation of projects “Ecobeg”, “Plogging”, “Tom Sawyer Fest”; we also reveal their city historic preservation orientation, focus on the development of healthy lifestyle and charity.

The main approaches and algorithm of implementation of the successive approach to the development of skills of empirical research in the preparation of students in the direction of “Socio-Cultural Activity” are revealed. The features of concentric approach to research training of bachelors, masters and postgraduates are considered. Revealed the main directions and ways of formation of research skills in the framework of practical training, as well as the organization of independent work of students on the implementation of research projects. As part of the course “Methodology of scientific research” the development of variable modifications of the method of observation, as well as survey methods (conversation, interviewing, testing, questioning, expert survey) and methods of pedagogical experiment. The research procedures, their possibilities and limits of application are studied in detail. Special attention in the course of practical training re-quires mastering the skills to prepare a package of tools for pedagogical diagnostics, which is used to carry out measurements and fixing the parameters of the state of the object of study. According to the results of the study, students make analytical reviews of information, reflecting in a generalized form the specific features of the implementation of a technology in modern practice of social and cultural activities. In addition to the development of empirical methods, students learn the skills of presentation and testing of research results.