Integrative Approach to Teaching English at University: Sociological Study

Abstract

Modern information technologies make it possible to intensify English language teaching, making it more attractive for students. However, separating language instruction from the educational process on the whole, let alone from the professional training, does not allow students to solidify the obtained language competencies in their immediate professional activity. The sociological study of integrating the English language into the educational process of a university was focused on the students' learning activity, their readiness to accept acquisition of the English language as a necessary condition for their professional training, not only as a prerequisite to developing a universal cultural communicative competency. In the process of the investigation, we singled out students' strategies in English learning at university, the degree of their independence in acquiring the language as well as how they understand the model of integrating English into the professional training curriculum at their university.