THE IMPACT OF MODULAR LEARNING OF ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES ON STUDENTS’ SATISFACTION OF EDUCATION PROCESS

Abstract

The development of the education system in Russia is considered as one of the most important
strategic goals of the society. The professionalization of teaching a foreign language at the universities
is a global trend. ESP (English for Specific Purposes) has become increasingly important as there has been
an increase in vocational training and learning throughout the world. The article reveals the key theoretical and practical aspects of the system of modular learning in the South Ural State University, the Higher School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, as a new design for the teaching and learning cooperation. The principle of modular organization of educational material involves the organization of training in the form of professionally-oriented modules. The paper defines the term “module”, describes the criteria for selecting educational material, outlines the structure of a module and a set of exercises.
The aim of our research was to study the satisfaction level of students with the quality of education and
to analyze the implementation process of the modular learning. The following tasks were solved: the experience of using modular learning in educational process was analyzed, the level of students’ satisfaction
with the quality of education system was evaluated. Theoretical (analysis of modern scientific and methodological literature) and empirical (questionnaire, mathematical processing of the obtained data) methods are applied in the study. The research shows that the implementation of modular learning had a positive impact on students' outcomes and the level of students` satisfaction with the education process increased.