Learning RFL and UFL in Ukrainian Universities: Focus on Arabic Students

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18662/rrem/188

Keywords:

RFL, UFL, peculiarities, Arabic students, language skills

Abstract

Purpose: To determine the peculiarities in learning Russian as a foreign language (RFL) and Ukrainian as a foreign language (UFL) by Arabic students at Ukrainian universities. Material: 112 Arabic francophone students aged 21-22 studied at preparatory departments in 5 Ukrainian universities participated in the research (n=54 studied UFL, n=58 studied RFL). Results: The test demonstrated that students who learned UFL showed the best results in listening (arithmetic mean of errors = 5.98, t=2.8, deviation of mean = 0.08, p≤0.01), worst results in grammar (arithmetic mean of errors = 6.67, t=2.9, deviation of mean = -0.18, p≤0.01). The students who learned RFL done more errors in grammar (arithmetic mean of errors = 7.81, t=2.9, deviation of mean = 0.02, p≤0.01), and showed the best results in speaking (arithmetic mean of errors = 7.22, t=3, deviation of mean = 0.24, p≤0.01). Conclusions: the research determined that the social and politic situation in the country influences a lot on the language skills of foreign students. The research confirmed that Ukrainian language is easy to learn than Russian language at least for the Arabic francophone students. The profound study of the problem issues, individual approach, and linguistic environment could solved the revealed problems.

Author Biographies

Maryna Shlenova, Candidate of Philological Sciences (PhD), Senior Lectures of the Department of Documentary and Ukrainian Language, National Aerospace University “KhAI”

Candidate of Philological Sciences (PhD), Senior Lectures of the Department of Documentary and Ukrainian Language

Anastasiya Nesterenko, Kharkiv National Medical University, Kharkiv, Ukraine

Candidate of Philological Sciences (PhD), Lectures of the Department of Ukrainian Language, Principles of Psychology and Pedagogics,

Zoya Girich, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor of the Department of Documentary and Ukrainian Language, National Aerospace University “KhAI”, Ukraine

Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor of the Department of Documentary and Ukrainian Language

Nataliia Konoplenko, Stephan Gzhytskyi National University of Veterinary Medicine and Biotechnologies, Lviv, Ukraine

Candidate of Philological Sciences (PhD), Senior Lecturer of the Department of the Ukrainian and Foreign Languages

Anna Boiarska-Khomenko, H.S. Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical University, Kharkiv, Ukraine

Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences (PhD), Associate Professor of History of Pedagogy and Comparative Pedagogy Department

Yuliia Korneiko, Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts, Kharkiv, Ukraine

Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences (PhD), Associate Professor of Department of Pedagogy and Foreign Philology

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2019-12-20

How to Cite

Shlenova, M., Nesterenko, A., Girich, Z., Konoplenko, N., Boiarska-Khomenko, A., & Korneiko, Y. (2019). Learning RFL and UFL in Ukrainian Universities: Focus on Arabic Students. Revista Romaneasca Pentru Educatie Multidimensionala, 11(4Sup1), 257-263. https://doi.org/10.18662/rrem/188

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