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Series: Humanities</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">1810-0201</issn><issn pub-type="epub">2782-5825</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Derzhavin Tambov State University</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.20310/1810-0201-2025-30-1-107-117</article-id><article-id custom-type="elpub" pub-id-type="custom">vestsutmb-1558</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>ТЕОРИЯ И МЕТОДИКА ОБУЧЕНИЯ ИНОСТРАННОМУ ЯЗЫКУ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>THEORY AND METHODS OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Метод кейс-стади как инструмент развития мягких навыков в рамках дисциплины «Иностранный язык в профессиональной сфере»</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="en"><trans-title>Case study method as a tool for developing soft skills within the framework of the discipline “Foreign language in the professional sphere”</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2947-9409</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Бортникова</surname><given-names>Т. Г.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Bortnikova</surname><given-names>T. G.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Бортникова Татьяна Геннадиевна, доктор культурологии, профессор, профессор кафедры зарубежной филологии и прикладной лингвистики</p><p>392000, г. Тамбов, ул. Интернациональная, 33</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Tatyana G. Bortnikova, Dr. Sci. (Culturology), Professor, Professor of Foreign Philology and Applied Linguistics Department</p><p>33 Internatsionalnaya St., Tambov, 392000</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">tatyana_bort@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7656-7028</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Долженкова</surname><given-names>М. И.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Dolzhenkova</surname><given-names>M. I.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Долженкова Марина Игоревна, доктор педагогических наук, профессор, заведующий кафедрой культуроведения и социокультурных проектов</p><p>392000, г. Тамбов, ул. Интернациональная, 33</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Marina I. Dolzhenkova, Dr. Sci. (Education), Professor, Head of Cultural Studies and Social and Cultural Projects Department</p><p>33 Internatsionalnaya St., Tambov, 392000</p><p> </p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">dolgenkovam@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff-1"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>Тамбовский государственный университет им. Г.Р. Державина</institution><country>Россия</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>Derzhavin Tambov State University</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2025</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>30</day><month>03</month><year>2025</year></pub-date><volume>30</volume><issue>1</issue><fpage>107</fpage><lpage>117</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Бортникова Т.Г., Долженкова М.И., 2025</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2025</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Бортникова Т.Г., Долженкова М.И.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Bortnikova T.G., Dolzhenkova M.I.</copyright-holder><license xml:lang="ru" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.</license-p></license><license xml:lang="en" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://vestsutmb.elpub.ru/jour/article/view/1558">https://vestsutmb.elpub.ru/jour/article/view/1558</self-uri><abstract><sec><title>Актуальность</title><p>Актуальность. Формирование мягких навыков путем использования метода case-study в процессе обучения дисциплине «Иностранный язык в профессиональной сфере» способствует развитию креативности и гибкости мышления, коммуникабельности, эмпатии, а также умения работать в команде, необходимых в их будущей деятельности, и может быть достигнуто различными методами. Цель исследования: выявление алгоритма использования профессионально-ориентированных кейсов на английском языке для формирования мягких навыков ведения успешной деловой коммуникации студентов экономических специальностей. Задачами данного исследования выступают: уточнение сущностной характеристики кейс-метода, определение спектра проблемных ситуаций для формирования мягких навыков в ходе решения поставленной в кейсе проблемы; определение дидактического потенциала профессионально-ориентированных и их экспериментальная проверка. Подчеркнуто, что знакомство с культурными кодами изучаемого языка и поиск недостающей информации для решения кейса способствуют решению поставленной проблемы и стимулируют развитие мягких навыков студентов.</p></sec><sec><title>Материалы и методы</title><p>Материалы и методы. Экспериментальная проверка проводилась в Тамбовском государственном университете им. Г.Р. Державина, базировавшаяся на актуальности темы, обзоре научной литературы (дефиниций и результатов исследований, опубликованных в данной сфере знания), подборе библиографии и анализе результатов ее изучения. Формирующий эксперимент проводился на основе использования методики case-study в рамках дисциплины «Иностранный язык в профессиональной сфере». Участники эксперимента: студенты экономических образовательных направлений. Критериями отбора проблемных кейсов послужили ситуации, связанные с международным деловым сотрудничеством. Для определения отношения студентов к методу case-study было использовано анкетирование. Респондентами выступили 50 студентов магистратуры.</p></sec><sec><title>Результаты исследования</title><p>Результаты исследования. Нами апробировались кейсы, связанные с коммуникативными ситуациями, в ходе которых затрагивается социокультурный аспект. Такой выбор подразумевает работу студентов по изучению культурных особенностей участников коммуникации для использования полученных знаний в ходе решения проблемы и применения межкультурной коммуникативной компетенции на практике, тем самым оттачивая гибкость своей коммуникации (soft skills). Опытная проверка показала, что студенты стали более гибкими и адаптивными в процессе коммуникации, были развиты умения формулировки и реализации целей коммуникации (по таким аспектам, как информационная, профессиональная, нормативная), навыки выбора и использования устоявшихся конструктов в рамках соответствующей ситуации, анализа и обобщения результатов ведения диалога. Анкетирование студентов показало, что данный метод а) стимулирует мышление и является интересным (82 %); б) знакомит с разными способами достижения коммуникативной цели (70 %); в) требует слишком много времени для подготовки (16 %); г) является трудоемким и энергозатратным (68 %); д) полезным для продолжения освоения дисциплины (91 %). 2 % затруднились с оценкой данного метода.</p></sec><sec><title>Выводы</title><p>Выводы. На основе результатов формирующего эксперимента сделан вывод о значимом дидактическом ресурсе метода case-study как способе формирования мягких навыков, который реализовывался в процессе продвижения от репродуктивных (расширение и отработка тематической лексики и грамматики) заданий к рецептивным (аудирование, просмотр видео) и далее к продуктивным (говорение, создание презентаций, письмо) видам деятельности на иностранном языке. Работа с методом case-study по формированию мягких навыков показала, что этот метод стимулирует их коммуникативные навыки и служит развитию гибкости и адаптивности (soft skills) в ведении профессиональной коммуникации на иностранном языке.</p></sec></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="en"><sec><title>Importance</title><p>Importance. Soft skills development through the use of the case study method in teaching “Foreign Language in the Professional Sphere” contributes to creativity and flexibility in thinking, communication skills, empathy, and the ability to work in a team – all of which are essential for their future activities. The aim of the study is to identify an algorithm for using professionallyoriented cases in English to develop soft skills for successful business communication among students majoring in economics. The objectives of this study are: to clarify the essential characteristics of the case method; to determine the range of problem situations for the development of soft skills in the course of solving problems posed in cases; to identify the didactic potential of professionally-oriented methods and their experimental verification. It is emphasized that familiarity with the cultural codes of the target language and searching for missing information to solve the case contribute to the problem and stimulate the development of students’ soft skills.</p></sec><sec><title>Materials and Methods</title><p>Materials and Methods. Experimental verification was conducted at the Derzhavin Tambov State University. It was based on the relevance of the topic, review of scientific literature (definitions and research results published in this field of knowledge), selection of bibliography and analysis of the results of its study. The formative experiment was conducted on the basis of using case study methodology in the framework of the discipline “Foreign language in the professional sphere”. The participants in the experiment were students majoring in economics. Criteria for selecting problem cases included situations related to international business cooperation. A survey was used to determine students’ attitudes toward the case-study method. The respondents were 50 master’s students.</p></sec><sec><title>Results and Discussion</title><p>Results and Discussion. We tested cases related to communicative situations in which the sociocultural aspect was affected. This choice implied students’ work on studying the cultural characteristics of participants in communication, in order to apply the acquired knowledge to solve problems and apply intercultural communication competence in practice. As a result, students honed their flexibility in communication (soft skills). The experimental verification showed that students became more flexible and adaptive in communication, the skills of formulating and implementing communication goals (in aspects such as informational, professional and normative), skills of choosing and using established constructs in relevant situations, analyzing and summarizing dialogue results were developed. A survey of students showed that this method: a) stimulates thinking and is interesting (82 %); b) introduces different ways to achieve a communicative goal (70 %); c) takes too much time to prepare (16 %); d) is time and energy-consuming (68 %), e) is useful for continuing learning the discipline (91 %). 2 % found it difficult to evaluate this method.</p></sec><sec><title>Conclusion</title><p>Conclusion. On the basis of the results of the forming experiment, a conclusion was made about the significant didactic resource of the case-study method as a way of forming soft skills. It was realized in the process of moving from reproductive (expanding and practicing thematic vocabulary and grammar) tasks to receptive (listening, watching videos) and further to productive (speaking, creating presentations, writing) types of activities in a foreign language. Working with the case study method to develop soft skills demonstrated that this method stimulates communication skills and serves to develop flexibility and adaptability in professional communication in a foreign language (soft skills).</p></sec></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>мягкие навыки</kwd><kwd>метод case-study</kwd><kwd>профессиональная коммуникация</kwd><kwd>формирование</kwd><kwd>коммуникативная компетенция</kwd><kwd>иностранный язык в профессиональной сфере</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>soft skills</kwd><kwd>case study method</kwd><kwd>professional communication</kwd><kwd>development</kwd><kwd>communicative competence</kwd><kwd>foreign language in professional sphere</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Flyvbjerg B. Case Study (2011). In: Norman K. Denzin and Yvonna S. Lincoln eds. 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