Teaching autodidactic techniques to medical students for foreign language speaking skill development

Abstract

Teaching foreign languages to non-philologists often faces a grave, yet unavoidable obstacle: lack of classroom hours. That is why providing students with self-learning strategies is as important as in-class teaching itself. The basic algorithm of teaching speaking is based on audio-lingual and total physical response methodologies and boils down to the following sequence: 1) listening; 2) internal comprehension; 3) analysis; 4) imitation