Universal Journal of Educational Research Vol. 8(6), pp. 2344 - 2351
DOI: 10.13189/ujer.2020.080618
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Psychological Support for the Foreign Language Training of the Students at International Relations Faculties


Svitlana Lysenko 1, Nina Lavrynenko 1, Andrii Bohuslavets 1, Maryna Kryvych 2, Leonid Oliynyk 3, Vasyl Stasyuk 4, Oleksandr Lahodynskyi 5, Vasyl Osyodlo 6, Vasyl Yahupov 7, Valentyna Hrishko-Dunaievska 8, Ihor Bloshchynskyi 9,*, Volodymyr Artemov 10
1 Training-Support Laboratory, Military Diplomatic Academy named after Yevheniy Bereznyak, Ukraine
2 Foreign Languages Training and Scientific Center of the National Academy of Security Service of Ukraine, Ukraine
3 Resource Center of Educational Activity, National Defense University of Ukraine named after Ivan Cherniakhovskyi, Ukraine
4 Department of Moral and Psychological Support of the Activity of the Troops (Forces), National Defense University of Ukraine named after Ivan Cherniakhovskyi, Ukraine
5 Department of Foreign Languages, Military Diplomatic Academy named after Yevheniy Bereznyak, Ukraine
6 Institute of Humanities, National Defense University named after Ivan Cherniakhovsky, Ukraine
7 Department of Social Disciplines, National Defense University named after Ivan Cherniakhovskyi, Ukraine
8 Department of English Language, Faculty of Foreign Languages and Humanities, Bohdan Khmelnytskyi National Academy of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, Ukraine
9 Department of English Translation, Faculty of Foreign Languages and Humanities, Bohdan Khmelnytskyi National Academy of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, Ukraine
10 Department of Professional Pedagogy and Psychology, National Academy of Security Service of Ukraine, Ukraine

ABSTRACT

The article studies the innovative elements of psychological support for the professional foreign language training of students at international relations faculties, offers and experimentally verifies the effectiveness of techniques and exercises for the intensification of the foreign language training, based on professional communicative situations in high-risk foreign language environment. Such elements include the use of stress-management techniques and exercises based on real-life professional situations, along with practicing foreign language skills. The appropriateness of use of the elements of psychological support for the professional foreign language training of would-be professionals in international relations was proved to be effective through the experiment. It was conducted with students of international relations faculties through the comparison of levels of performance of two groups of students: those whose professional foreign language training include elements of psychological support and those with traditional training. In order to assess the difference between two groups of students at the summative stage of the experiment, the Mann –Whitney U test was used. The use of psychological support for the professional foreign language training is significant in terms of improvement of would-be specialists' in international relations professional competence.

KEYWORDS
Psychological Support, Foreign Language Training, International Relations Professionals, Stress-Management Techniques and Exercises

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[1] Svitlana Lysenko , Nina Lavrynenko , Andrii Bohuslavets , Maryna Kryvych , Leonid Oliynyk , Vasyl Stasyuk , Oleksandr Lahodynskyi , Vasyl Osyodlo , Vasyl Yahupov , Valentyna Hrishko-Dunaievska , Ihor Bloshchynskyi , Volodymyr Artemov , "Psychological Support for the Foreign Language Training of the Students at International Relations Faculties," Universal Journal of Educational Research, Vol. 8, No. 6, pp. 2344 - 2351, 2020. DOI: 10.13189/ujer.2020.080618.

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Svitlana Lysenko , Nina Lavrynenko , Andrii Bohuslavets , Maryna Kryvych , Leonid Oliynyk , Vasyl Stasyuk , Oleksandr Lahodynskyi , Vasyl Osyodlo , Vasyl Yahupov , Valentyna Hrishko-Dunaievska , Ihor Bloshchynskyi , Volodymyr Artemov (2020). Psychological Support for the Foreign Language Training of the Students at International Relations Faculties. Universal Journal of Educational Research, 8(6), 2344 - 2351. DOI: 10.13189/ujer.2020.080618.