АНАЛИЗ ЭФФЕКТИВНОСТИ GTE ПРОГРАММЫ КАК МЕТОДОЛОГИЧ ЕСКИЙ ПОДХОД ДЛЯ ИЗУЧЕНИЯ СТРАНОВЕДЕНИЯ НА ОПЫТЕ В КАЗАХСТАНЕ

Abstract

This article analyzes the effectiveness of the GTE program as methodological approach for studying country studies on the experience in Kazakhstan. According to the agreement on cooperation with the Busan University of foreign languages, the KazUIR&WL in Kazakhstan, faculty of Oriental Studies hosted the GTE(Global Triad Education) program, and accepted students of the BUFS, future specialists with knowledge of a foreign language (by specialty Russian) three times, that is, in 2017 in the period from 16.01.2017 to 10.02.2017, in 2018 from January 15 to February 9, and also from 05.07.2019 to 27.07.2019.The use of the tandem method in the program under consideration allowed establishing cross-cultural interaction between participants, which is an important component of educational practice and contributes to the personal development of program participants. In addition, an tandem-classes contributed to the formation of social skills as a result of receiving feedback from partners and the country of studied language, to participation in real communication situations, and to development of language skills and expanding general knowledge and outlook for participants. Kazakhstan students had also accepted live knowledge of Korea, and this program was very informative and useful for them. As a result of this program, participants received a lot of interesting and useful information not only about the country of their tandem partner, but also added knowledge about their country. Students learned a lot about the history, traditional and modern culture, economy and society of the two countries, which contributed to the formation of a more complete understanding of the similarities and differences between cultures. Participation in the project contributed to the development of the ability to represent their country and culture. By the end of the program, participants knew that each culture must be perceived from the perspective of its own system of norms and values. In particular, the use of the tandem method functioned as a way to form the social-cultural competence of specialists with knowledge of a foreign language, to form the ability to understand and use this knowledge in further professional activities.