Foreign language training

The 1st stage of higher education

  • Foreign languages (English, German)

  • Foreign languages (German, English)

Term of study – 4 years
Qualification:  Teacher (of two foreign languages)

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Core academic disciplines:

  • Pedagogy
  • Psychology
  • Introduction to linguistics
  • Practice of oral and written English (German) speech
  • Practical grammar
  • Practical phonetics
  • Theoretical grammar
  • Theoretical Phonetics
  • Discourse Analysis
  • History of Linguistic Science
  • Fundamentals of Communication Theory
  • Introduction to Cognitive Linguistics
  • Lexicology
  • Foreign Literature
  • Country Studies
  • Functional Grammar
  • Communicative Grammar
  • Stylistics
  • Methods of Teaching of Foreign Languages
  • History of English (German) language
  • Discursive practice
  • Computer Linguistics
  • Professional Communication

Competences:

  • to teach foreign languages qualitatively in educational institutions of different types on the basis of innovative technologies;
  • to manage the processes of development of a multicultural personality in the modern socio-cultural context;
  • to provide translation support in various professional contexts

Employment opportunities:

General secondary, specialised secondary and higher education institutions, educational centres

 

  • Modern Foreign (English, German) Languages (teaching) with specialisation in «Computer Linguistics»

  • Modern foreign (German, English) languages (teaching) with specialisation in «Computer Linguistics»

Term of study – 5 years
Qualification:  Linguist. Teacher of two foreign languages. Specialist in Computer Linguistics

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Core academic disciplines:

  • Pedagogy
  • Psychology
  • Latin language
  • Semiotics
  • Discourse Analysis
  • History of Linguistic Science
  • Introduction to Sociolinguistics
  • Cognitive Semantics
  • Fundamentals of Communication Theory
  • Computer Linguistics
  • Theory and Practice of Translation
  • Computer-aided translation
  • Computer Modelling
  • Basics of Test Linguistics
  • Methods of Teaching of Foreign Languages
  • Practical grammar
  • Theoretical grammar
  • Lexicology
  • Stylistics
  • Foreign literature
  • Country Studies
  • Practical Phonetics
  • Theoretical Phonetics
  • History of English (German)
  • Discursive practice

Competences:

  • to teach foreign languages qualitatively in educational institutions of different types on the basis of innovative technologies;
  • to manage the processes of development of a multicultural personality in the modern socio-cultural context;
  • provide translation support in various professional contexts;
  • to translate, adapt and edit foreign-language texts, including computer translation

Employment opportunities:

  • institutions of general secondary, specialised secondary and higher education, educational centres and translation bureaus
  • Resident companies of the High Technology Park

 

The 2nd stage of higher education (Master's degree)

  • Innovations in Teaching of Foreign Languages

Term of study – 1 year
Qualification: Master of Education

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Main academic disciplines:

  • Theoretical bases of formation of innovative educational environment of foreign language teaching
  • Theoretical and methodological bases for the development of innovative technologies of foreign language teaching
  • Designing distance education courses on foreign language and online forms of network pedagogical interaction.
  • Designing foreign language training modules on the basis of web-technologies
  • Interactive technologies of language education
  • Technology of creation of electronic teaching aids on a foreign language
  • Designing bilingual educational courses

Competences:

  • to design and carry out expertise of educational programmes and modules on foreign languages;
  • to develop bilingual educational programmes;
  • to develop innovative technologies of teaching foreign languages (interactive, distance, telecommunication, network);
  • to master the methodology of linguodidactic research;
  • master the technologies of computer diagnostics;
  • to design and create educational Internet resources (web pages, blogs, etc.);
  • implement online forms of network pedagogical interaction with native speakers;
  • to possess the technologies of designing electronic textbooks on foreign languages, technologies of designing distance courses on the basis of Moodle.

Employment opportunities::

  • General secondary and higher education institutions, private education centres and translation agencies

 

Additional adult education
retraining at the level of higher education

  • 9-09-0113-01 Teaching a foreign language (with indication of language)

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Qualification – Teacher

Form of education – part-time

Duration of education – 15 months

Educational Standard and Exemplary Curriculum

 

  • 9-09-0114-15 Educational activities in English language

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Qualification – Teacher with knowledge of English language

Form of education – full-time (evening)

Duration of education – 12 months

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  • 9-09-0231-01 Translation Activities (with indication of language)

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Qualification – Translator

Form of education – full-time (evening)

Duration of education – 16 months

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  • 9-09-1013-04 Tourist and excursion activities (with indication of language)

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Qualification – Tour guide-interpreter

Form of education – full-time (evening)

Duration of education – 16,5 months

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Training courses

(English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Polish)

  • elementary level
  • basic level
  • advanced level

Information export support website

Official website about higher education in the Republic of Belarus for foreign citizens

The Centre for International Relations of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Belarus