Functions of academic lecture and the role of the lecturer's personality in the modern educational process

Abstract

The article is devoted to academic lecture, which is the oldest organizational form known since ancient times. The relevance of the proposed study is due to the need to highlight the main advantages of lectures as direct communication between the lecturer and students (course participants), because in the COVID-19 pandemic, the society in general and academia in particular faced the problem of lack of live communication, which cannot be completely replaced even by latest information and communication technologies. The paper considers the advantages of the lecture as an "economical” and, provided the correct organization, an effective means of acquiring knowledge. Attention is paid to the personality of the lecturer. It is shown that the differentia specifica of a modern academic lecture is interactivity, which causes a change in the role of the lecturer from а simple translator of knowledge to а moderator, who should stimulate students' thinking, involve them in an active discussion of а particular issue or problem. The conclusions state that а quality academic lecture is а creative communication of the lecturer with the audience, whose effect in cognitive and emotional terms is not lower than the effect of the material taught at the lecture, and the lecturer's skill is one of the important indicators of their professional and pedagogical competence.