Developmental and educational potential of a foreign language: linguistic and methodical heritage of R.P. Millrood (1948–2020)

Importance. The research examines the linguistic and methodical heritage of R.P. Millrood and outlines the ways of development of the ideas formulated by him and related to the development and education of learners throuhg a foreign language.

Materials and Methods. The results of the research undertaken by the scholar in different years are analyzed, his experience as language teacher and researcher is summarized, and the prospects for the development of his ideas are discussed.

Results and Discussion. Emphasizing the importance of developing collective relationships in pre-service foreign language teachers’ educational activities, R.P. Millrood identifies readiness for practical activities as their key qualification quality, as well pedagogical experience as a significant factor in the formation of emotional regulation of their behaviour. Particular attention is paid to the formation of their professional beliefs, the main feature of which is the pronounced semantic self-regulation of the individual. The scholar developed a concept for schoolchildren’s development by means of a foreign language. His model of developmental education is based on the interaction of the humanistic qualities of the teacher’s personality, the goals, principles, content, methods, techniques, aids and planned results that are communication-oriented and activate their intellectual abilities. Issues of foreign-language teacher professional development and his/her involvement in research work, intercultural education and the formation of socio-cultural competence, the use of ICT, etc. are raised. This is reflected in the development of educational and methodical system in English, manuals for teachers, and in the implementation of international projects. The promising directions for the development of R.P. Millrood’s ideas are as follows: formation of would-be teachers’ academic community; application of cooperative learning technology; career-guidance education and development of schoolchildren; using artificial-intelligence technologies in foreign language teaching.

Conclusion. The ideas of developmental teaching and education by means of a foreign language put forward by R.P. Millrood had a great influence on both theory and practice of school and university education. They remain relevant and developed in young researchers’ works.

1. Millrood R.P. (1976). Psikhologiya razvitiya kollektivnykh otnoshenii v uchebnoi deyatel’nosti: dis. ... kand. psikhol. nauk [Psychology of Collective Relations Development in Learning Activities. PhD (Psychology) diss.]. Leningrad, 159 p. (In Russ.)

2. Millrood R.P. (1987). Formirovanie emotsional’noi regulyatsii povedeniya uchitelya [Teacher’s behavior emotional regulation development]. Voprosy psikhologii = Problems of Psychology, no. 6, pp. 47-55. (In Russ.) Available at: http://www.voppsy.ru/issues/1987/876/876047.htm (accessed: 27.07.2023).

3. Millrood R.P. (1989). Didakticheskie sposobnosti uchitelya inostrannykh yazykov [Didactic abilities of a foreign language teacher]. Inostrannye yazyki v shkole = Foreign Languages at School, no. 5, pp. 16-23. (In Russ.)

4. Millrood R.P. (1990). Formirovanie professional’nykh ubezhdenii u budushchikh uchitelei [Development of professional beliefs in future teachers]. Voprosy psikhologii = Problems of Psychology, no. 1, pp. 77-86. (In Russ.) Available at: http://www.voppsy.ru/issues/1990/901/901077.htm (accessed: 27.07.2023).

5. Millrood R.P. (1992). Razvivayushchee obuchenie sredstvami inostrannogo yazyka v srednei shkole: dis. ... d-ra ped. nauk [Developmental Learning by Means of a Foreign Language at Secondary School. Dr. habil. (Education) diss.]. Moscow, 541 p. (In Russ.)

6. Millrood R.P. (1996). Sovremennyi metodicheskii standart obucheniya inostrannym yazykam [Modern methodical standard of foreign language teaching]. Inostrannye yazyki v shkole = Foreign Languages at School, no. 1, pp. 5-12. (In Russ.)

7. Millrood R.P., Karamnov A.S. (2012). Kompetentnost’ uchitelya inostrannogo yazyka [Competence of a foreign language teacher]. Inostrannye yazyki v shkole = Foreign Languages at School, no. 1, pp. 11-17. (In Russ.) https://elibrary.ru/opqymx

8. Millrood R.P. (2019). Organizatsionnaya model’ issledovatel’skoi deyatel’nosti uchitelya [Organizational model of teacher’s research activity]. Inostrannye yazyki v shkole = Foreign Languages at School, no. 2, pp. 2-7. (In Russ.) https://elibrary.ru/yzilxv

9. Millrood R.P. (1997). Porog mental’nosti rossiiskikh i angliiskikh studentov pri soprikosnovenii kul’tur [Mentality threshold of Russian and English students at the contact of cultures]. Inostrannye yazyki v shkole = Foreign Languages at School, no. 4, рр. 17-22. (In Russ.)

10. Millrood R.P., Maksimova I.R. (2012). Culture as the content of teaching, object of testing and the characteristics of the teaching process. Yazyk i kul’tura = Language and Culture, no. 1 (17), pp. 109-119. (In Russ.) https://elibrary.ru/oxhkzf

11. Millrood R.P. (2016). Kul’turnoe samoopredelenie lichnosti v obrazovatel’nom kurse angliiskogo yazyka [Cultural self-determination of the individual in the educational course of English language]. Inostrannye yazyki v shkole = Foreign Languages at School, no. 7, pp. 2-8. (In Russ.) https://elibrary.ru/wdkbpn

12. Millrood R.P. (2012). Using information technologies for teaching English language and culture. Vestnik Tambovskogo universiteta. Seriya: Gumanitarnye nauki = Vestnik Tambovskogo universiteta. Seriya: Gumanitarnye nauki = Tambov University Review. Series: Humanities, no. 5 (109), pp. 211-217. (In Russ.) https://elibrary.ru/oyicsn

13. Millrood R.P. (2005). Metodika prepodavaniya angliiskogo yazyka [English Teaching Methods]. Moscow, Drofa Publ., 253 p. (In Russ.)

14. Millrood R.P. (2019). Teoriya obucheniya inostrannym yazykam. Angliiskii yazyk [Foreign language teaching theory. English language]. Moscow, Urait Publ., 406 p. (In Russ.) https://elibrary.ru/zxvkai

15. Millrood R.P. (2015). Angliiskii yazyk dlya issledovatelei: elektivnyi kurs i programma (yazykovoi uroven’ B1–B2) [English for Researchers: Elective Course and Program (Language Level B1-B2)]. Moscow, Prosveshchenie Publ., 61 p. (In Russ.)

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17. Sysoev P.V., Khmarenko N.I. (2022). Teaching students foreign language writings skills based on cooperative learning. Yazyk i kul’tura = Language and Culture, no. 59, pp. 271-285. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.17223/19996195/59/15, https://elibrary.ru/zbcbib

18. Sysoev P.V., Belousov A.S. (2022). Development of career-oriented foreign language teaching for humanities students based on content and language integrated learning. Perspektivy nauki i obrazovaniya = Perspectives of Science and Education, no. 5 (59), pp. 247-263. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.32744/pse.2022.5.15, https://elibrary.ru/dklnvn

19. Sysoev P.V. (2023). Artificial intelligence technologies in teaching a foreign language. Inostrannye yazyki v shkole = Foreign Languages at School, no. 3, pp. 6-16. (In Russ.) https://elibrary.ru/qfmzhw

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