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The authors analyse various types of non-standard tasks, identifies their main characteristics related to the formation of cognitive competence in mathematical education. The article explores ways of solving heuristic, research, and creative problems. A comprehensive approach to the definition of the nonstandard task is proposed. The proposed structure of the problem is based on the following scheme: content — form of presentation — process of solving — result. The authors give examples of mathematical...

This article is devoted to the lexis of the Russian language denoting mental states. The study of the words and their functions rests on the psychological interpretation and classification of mental states. The author describes how a person’s mental life is expressed as a system of interacting and interdependent mental states in the language picture of the world. The semantics and history of the words chuvstvo, etmotsiya, and oschuschenie are investigated. It is concluded that the words chuvstvo...

This article analyses the public need for high-quality and effective professional training of police officers. The authors suggest the use of a systemic approach, which interprets training as a pedagogical processes aimed to contribute to the development of a police officer as a person and as a competent professional within the customer/client/student system. 1. Афанасьев В. Г. О системном подходе в социальном познании // Вопросы философии. 1973. № 6. 2. Головин С. Ю. Словарь практического психолога...

The author investigates the transformation of life strategies of people living in the area of armed conflict in Donetsk People’s Republic. Due to difficult life circumstances, civilians in the area of armed conflict lose their life goals and priorities, and their attitudes and value orientations change. These basic categories are structural elements of the value-semantic and motivationaldynamic spheres of personality, which influence the transformation of life strategies of the individual. The empirical...

... issue 1. Р. 147—154. 3. Centre national de Ressources Textuelles et Lexicales. URL: http://www.cnrtl.fr/definition/ (дата обращения: 01.03.2016). 4. Diderot D., Alembert J.-B. Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Nouvelle impression en fac-similé de la première édition de 1751—1780. Stuttgart, 1988. 5. Dubois J., Giacomo M. Dictionnaire de linguistique. P., 2001. 6. Godel R. Les sources manuscrites du Cours de linguistique générale ...

Through analysing the mechanisms of reception of modern Russian literature in Chinese literary criticism, the author shows that a Chinese reader has a predisposition to understand texts in the context of the urgent national problem of preserving traditions. This predisposition affects the interpretation and perception of new rustic prose, female prose, and postmodernist literature. The study’s methodological framework combines the principles of comparative literary studies, communication theory,...

Wry humor is viewed as an essential aspect of philosophical discourse. The authors analyze gloomy philosophical motives including life, death, human existence, social interactions, loneliness. The article shows that comprehending these issues through the wry humor acquires pessimistic connotation. 1. Даль В. И. Пословицы русского народа // Хранители сказок : [сайт]. URL: http://hobbitaniya . ru/dal/dal141.php (дата обращения: 21.03.2017). 2. Жельвис В. И. Черный юмор: анатомия человеческой деструктивности...

The social determination of current neological processes contributes to the expansion of the vocabulary of the contemporary Russian language. In analysing new nouns derived from verbs, this article examines the nouns’ productivity and contribution to the word formation in the contemporary Russian language. Dictionaries of new lexis, media texts, and the Russian National Corpus are used to identify and describe the most productive wordformation types and models for verbal nouns with procedural semantics...

This article presents the results of a cross-cultural study into the social representations of Russian and Polish university students as regards induced termination of pregnancy. The sample included 100 respondents divided into four groups. The study relies on the structural approach to the theory of social representations. The structure of social representations is examined using Vergès’s prototypical analysis. The authors consider the key differences in the structure of social representations of...

The author studies commercial documents (Smolensk, 17th century) from the perspective of anthropolinguistics and sociolinguistics to trace the development of the official anthroponymic formula in the western region of Russia. At that time, Smolensk was part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. The article places emphasis on the specifics of the naming process. 1. Бахвалова Т. В. Из истории развития личных имен в Белозерье (На материале письменности ХVI—ХVII вв.) // Проблемы ономастики : cб. науч...

Irony is considered as a means to express an author's implicit judgement in a literary text. The article describes the use of repetition as a syntactic and textual means to express irony in N. V. Gogol's works and their translations into German. A comparative analysis is carried out to estimate the equivalence of repetition translations in the target text. 1. Антонио И. А. Терминология комического в лингвистических исследованиях. Опыт интерпретации : автореф. дис. ... канд. филол. наук. М., 2009...

This article addresses the transmission of critical thinking in modern conditions via the humanities. The author identifies the basic features of critical thinking and stresses its significance. The humanities — foremost, philosophy — are considered as a means to create elements of critical thinking. 1. Бек У. Что такое глобализация? М., 2001. 2. Брюшинкин В. Н. Критическое мышление и аргументация // Критическое мышление, логика, аргументация / под ред. В. Н. Брюшинкина, В. И. Маркина. Калининград...

The author analyzes a series of verses by A.Skidan of a “Delirium” collection (1993) and establishes the equality of semantics between giving/gift and parting, breaking apart, which allows to bring the concept of “giving/ gift” to the core of the poet’s concept structure. The article defines a semantic invariant and studies the ways of its invariant development, analyzes connection between the relevant concepts and categories of space and movement, life and death. The semantic reconstruction is performed...

This article analyses the concept of performative utterance, its primary characteristics, and properties. Audio and video sources are employed to identify secondary forms expressing performative utterances in the mother-child communication and to examine the use of such utterances in the speech. This type of utterances is considered as characteristic of the speech of a woman performing the social role of a mother. 1. Формановская Н. И. Речевое взаимодействие: коммуникация и прагматика. М., 2007...

The article discusses the communicative and pragmatic nature of intertextuality in political discourse, realized by different intertextual inclusions: allusions perform thematic functions in utterances specifying the thematic line in discourse while citations and phraseological units are used to form rhematic progressions, the aim of which is to provide new information about the theme. The theme-rheme sequence contributes to textual coherence; it facilitates a better understanding of the text and...

Contemporary communication is witnessing an increasing role of visual elements. The development of cinema as a special sign system has contributed to this trend. Scholars agree on the definition of the film text as a unique type of text comprising both verbal and non-verbal elements. Film adaptations are an instance of intersemiotic translation. Today, television series are growing in popularity. This article studies various classifications of film text elements and analyses non-verbal signs used...

This article considers the means to express appeal in public service announcements in the Russian, German, and English languages. Attention is paid to the characteristic features of appeal as a directive speech act. The comparative aspect of research makes it possible to identify both similarities and differences in using means of appeal in public service announcement discourse in Russian, German, and English. 1. Изотов А. И. Функционально-семантическая категория императивности в современном чешском...

This article deals with the development of students’ key competences through fulfilling professional tasks relating to the mathematical and statistical processing of psychological and pedagogical research data. The author describes the stages of progress in, and solutions to, the problem of studying anxiety levels in primary school students. 1. Гришкина Т. Е. Динамика формирования готовности бакалавров психолого-педагогического образования к решению исследовательских профессиональных задач качественными...

... Философские повести. М., 1960. 2. Свифт Дж. Путешествие Гулливера // Собр. соч. : в 3 т. М., 2008. Т. 1. С. 173—441. 3. Anagramme // Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, par une société de gens des lettres. 2 ed. P., 1758. Т. 1. P. 335—336. 4. Augarde T. The Oxford guide to word games. Oxford ; N. Y., 1986. 5. Bernier M. A. La question du despotisme oriental en France sous le règne du sultan ...

This article considers the speech portrait of the renowned Soviet critic A. V. Makedonov — A. T. Tvardovsky's friend and companion. Makedonov’s correspondence with Margareta O. Thompson, an American student of Tvardovsky’s oeuvre, dates back to the early 1990s. The epistolary discourse is examined from the perspective of cultural linguistics as an exemplary speech of a descendant of a Saint Petersburg intelligentsia family, born in the early 20th century and a witness to corresponding historical...

The article deals with linguistic aspects of localizaton, in particular, with cultural adaptation of non-equivalent lexis in the translation of computer games from Russian into English. The research is focused on the types of nonequivalent lexical units typical of game discourse and their translation into the Russian language. 1. Esselink B. A practical guide to localization. John Benjamins Publishing, 2000. 2. O’Hagan M., Mangiron C. Game Localization: Translating for the global digital entertainment...

This study focuses on Russian proverbs and sayings containing judgments relating to intellectual activities. Paremiological units are described using frame semantics methods. Research results are interpreted based on the theory of evolutionary epistemology. The study makes it possible to draw conclusions about the relevance of intellectual activity for the Russian language consciousness and the presence of a naïve epistemology in the Russian language picture of the world. 1. Благова Г. Ф. Пословица...

This article presents results of the authors’ theoretical and sociological studies of consulting in the field of a university professor’s professional activity. The authors stress the need for consulting within the system-synergetic and praxeological approaches based on the key principles of andragogy and contextual training theory. The major provisions of the game technology paradigm of pedagogical activity serves as the basis for pedagogical consulting. The product of consulting is professors’...

This article presents the results of a study into the connection between the youth’s attitudes to migrants and prosocial cooperation competence, as well as the development experience and prosocial cooperation competence as a factor mitigating ethnic tension. It is shown that the development of prosocial cooperation competence is most efficient in the course of the activity (behavior) in the condition of its effectiveness. 1. Миграционное движение населения Калининградской области за январь-март...

The article presents the analysis of motif-structure of the novel by Richard Aldington «All men are enemies» (in particular, its relationship with the system of characters of the book). Sets of motifs corresponding to specific stages in the development of the image of the main character were identified; a nuclear-peripheral motif model was built where the movement of motifs from the nucleus to the peripheral zone demonstrates the importance of a particular event at the plot level of the novel. The...

Based on «VKontakte», «YouTube», «Facebook» social media services, this article considers the main features of the reciever as a structural element of the communicative interaction comparing to the standard media. 1. Гавра Д. П. Основы теории коммуникации. СПб., 2011. 2. Калмыков А. А. Интернет для журналиста. М., 2005. 3. Качкаева А. Г. Журналистика и конвергенция. М., 2010. 4. Клюев Е. В. Речевая коммуникация. М., 2002. 5. Кукса И. Ю. Модальная специфика русской рукописной газеты «Вести-Куранты»...

The purpose of this article is to describe pragmatic characteristics of complex sentences with relative clauses in the German media discourse. The author selects the following pragmatic schemes of hypotaxis structures of the studied type: specification, problematization, irony, simplification, complication, prevention and argument. The single-model and double-model types are identified as pragmatical types of complex sentences with relative clauses. 1. Любимова А. А. Языковые аспекты воздействия...

The article focuses upon cognitive foundations underlying the metaphoric conceptualization of time in the Anglo-American Weltanschauung. Special emphasis is put on basic image schemata underlying time perception and verbalization in the Old English, Middle English and Modern English periods. Lexicographic and textual data are drawn to exemplify cognitive shifts that bring about gradual transformation of the conceptual structure of time metaphors in the Modern English period. The pragmatic shift in...

This article provides a comparative analysis of the mechanisms of education policies pursued by the governments of Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. The authors identify similarities and differences in the funding mechanisms, direction of reforms, the role of education system modernization in the innovative development of the Baltic Sea region, and the mechanisms of technological development through introducing innovations in education and science. The general education...

... Education Institution. Р. 207—216. 16. Ruiz-Bernardo Paola; Ferrández-Berrueco Reina & Sales-Ciges, María-Auxiliadora. Application of the CIPP model in the study of factors that promote intercultural sensitivity. RELIEVE, 2012. Vol. 18, № 2, art. 4.

... completing itself, together with Platonic motifs and the esthetic diagnosis of the «death of light» in the 20th century (H. Zedlmayr), form the poetology of light in Murdoch’s works in the context of the abandonment of Beingthemed in the West European art and culture of the 20th century. 1. Зедльмайр Х. Смерть света // Зедльмайр Х. Утрата середины. М., 2008. С. 371—573. 2. Кант И. Основы метафизики нравственности ...

The article highlights the role of music in the life and creative mind of Yaroslav Ivashkevich. The study involves previously unknown material of a book of the writer's memoirs published in 2010, and his essays that shed light on some episodes of his childhood and adolescence, his perception and evalua¬tion of the works of classical composers, as well as representatives of the contemporary musical culture. 1. Мальков М. П. Музыкальные аспекты творчества Ярослава Ивашкевича // Мак­сим Павлович Мальков...

The authors examine intertextual links between N. Kononov's story «Eugenia's Genius» (1998) and the myth of Cupid and Psyche from Apuleius «Metamorphoses, or The Golden Ass» by Apuleius, »Light breath» by I. A. Bunin and Roman M. Kundera's «The Unbearable Lightness of Being». The authors explore the role of these relations in the formation of the artistic concepts of «soul» and «body» in N. Kononov's works. The authors аnalyse similarities of N. Kononov's texts with the above mentioned works in their...

This article considers the application of CDIO (Conceive — Design — Implement — Operate) technology in musical pedagogy, namely, in teaching the piano at arts and music schools. Image-based information models – sym-bolic, verbal, and mathematical ones – are identified in the context of informa-tion and communications technologies in view of the three major agents of the educational space, namely, the ...

The article deals with some issues of translating technical, in particular, programming texts. The author pays special attention to the polysemy of certain English IT terms. An important problem is adapting such terms to the system of the target language. Translators working in IT are required to have extensive expertise in informatics. Only this will guarantee the choice of a translation strategy adequate for the task of pragmatic adaptation. 1. Ваулина Е.Ю. Информатика. Толковый словарь. М., 2005...

This article analyzes a number of studies concerned with training teachers for meeting the requirements of the Federal State Educational Standard (FSES) and presents a system of interconnected components identifying a teacher’s readiness to introduce new standards. Special attention is paid to diagnosing a teacher’s readiness to maintain new standards. An advanced training programme “The organization of educational process in compliance with the FSES” is being developed in view of the identified...

This paper considers the problem of multicultural education development in primary school. The authors justify the idea that multicultural education begins with the national traditions of a family. The article identifies and describes the key goals, means, and forms of multicultural education in primary school. The practical results of multicultural education introduced at Kaliningrad school No 53 are summarised. Perspectives on the role of multicultural education in the development of a primary...

In the article the author attempts to consider some demonstrations of the dialogue of cultures in the works of arts of German-speaking authorsby the example of the novel by Alina Bronsky “Broken Glass Park” (“Scherbenpark”). The point lies in theidentification of the different levels of the dialogue of cultures: linguistic, common, mental. The successful ...

The article focuses on the place and the role of non-formal educational practices in the development of adult education in Russia. Non-formal educa-tional practices are considered as a way of educational interaction, which has preserved the basic parameters of humanity. They are updated in periods of significant historical changes, as resource support for social reconstruction. Today, the practice of non-formal adult education is in demand primarily as a resource for development of human potential...

This article focuses on the development of grading skills in future teach-ers. The author presents key interpretations of the notion of ‘grading’. The principles, functions, and types of grading are considered. The author’s ap-proach to developing an algorithm of grading performance of future teachers at a seminar is proposed. 1. Батурин Н. А. Проблема оценивания и оценки в общей психологии // Вопросы психологии. 1988. № 2. С. 81—90. 2. Бойко Т. В. Управление развитием системы оценивания учебной...

.... Reeve C. The Progress of Romance through Times, Countries and Manners; With Remarks On the Good and Bad Effects of It, On Them Respectively : in 2 vol. N.Y., 1970. Vol. 1. 17. Romance // Encyclopaedia Britannica. URL: http://global.britannica.com/art/ romance-literature-and-performance (дата обращения: 03.12.2015). 18. Scott W. Essays on Romance // Essays on Chivalry, Romance and Drama. Edinburgh ; London, 1834. Vol. 4. Р. 127—217. 19. Watt I. The Rise of the Novel: Studies in ...

This article is devoted to the little-studied problem of correction of uni¬versity students’ knowledge. The notion of knowledge correction is intro¬duced, the opportunities and methods of correcting students’ knowledge lec¬tures are analysed. The use of knowledge correction tests is discussed as a means to personalise the correction of students’ knowledge in lectures. Анастази А., Урбина С. Психологическое тестирование. СПб. : Питер, 2001. 2. Артищева Е. К. Коррекция знаний в вузе: теория и практика...

This article analyses and defines the essence of professional culture of specialists in advertising and public relations. The author describes the content of methodological approaches to its development and considers the significance of each approach to studying the problem. The author stresses the need to use the axiological, cultural, integrated, context, professional, and image approaches to the formation of professional culture in future advertising and public relations specialists. 1. Балакирева...

The article presents a brief analysis of the topics of dissertations, defended in the Council 201.084.03 at the I. Kant Baltic Federal University in 2011—2015. Problems solved, regional applications and propagation of results, as well as future prospects are discussed. 1. Состав диссертационного совета 212.084.03. URL: https://www.kantiana.ru/ postgraduate/doc/sostav%20soveta.doc (дата обращения: 10.02.2016). 2. Список диссертаций, размещенных соискателями ученой степени. URL: https://www.kantiana...

The article describes the results of empirical research of the system of ex-pectations that are associated with a person having a high level of competence in the prosocial cooperation. The method of structured interview followed by a content analysis of the 5 categories revealed the expectations of young people which are part of the preparedness for prosocial activity. The study presents the elements of technology aimed at expectations formation by enhancing global social identity, the prediction...

Today, loneliness is no longer a problem of individuals but a problem of the society. Difficulties in adapting to changing conditions are increasingly characteristic of modern youth, which makes young people look for new ways to compensate for loneliness. The article considers different perspectives on one of such ways — social networking. 1. Бубер М. Два образа веры. М., 1995. 2. Журнал «Дети в информационном обществе» : [сайт] URL: http:// detionline.com/assets/files/journal/11/gost11.pdf (дата...

The article is devoted to the formation of research competence in technical university students in accordance with the requirements of relevant federal state educational standards. The authors focus on the preparedness of future engineers to conduct technical experiments, whose important component is the mathematical processing of experimental data and performance of simulation experiments. It is proposed to develop such skills during practical classes in mathematics considered as a means to develop...

This article attempts to prove that the steadily increasing information space is an objective reality in the contemporary world and that it affects education. Another objective is to analyse the essence and emphasise the need for developing information competences in teaches and to show that such competence can be properly developed in a well-built on-campus information environment. The on-campus information environment must ensure information security of individuals 1. Богатырева Ю. И. Педагогическая...

This article presents the results of a study into the psychophysiological characteristics of beach volleyball players – a recently introduced Olympic sport. Current research and methodological literature focuses primarily on competitive activities, training, and physical competences. The authors de-scribe the psychological status of a beach volleyball player and present psy-chomotor indicators that can be used as benchmark characteristics in selecting and diagnosing players. For the first time, the...

The article analyzes the possibility of using classical, transformative, narrative, ecosystem, facilitative and valuation models of mediation in terms of the educational institution, described the role of mediator teacher in each of the described models. The analysis of the application of these models in teaching shows considerable differences in goals and objectives of mediation, as well as the functions of the teacher, playing the role of mediator. 1. Базовый курс медиации: рефлексивные заметки...