Second Language Teaching and Pedagogical Design in Digital Environments

The EdTech market is rapidly growing and includes various areas from the development of online courses to the launch of tutoring apps. The program “Second Language Teaching and Pedagogical Design in Digital Environments” is aimed at training experts who will create competitive educational products considering the basics of pedagogical design and digital technologies in teaching. An important advantage is that students are constantly improving their knowledge of English by communicating during the learning process. Upon completion of the program, graduates will be able to teach Russian or English using digital technologies, create their own educational product in the field of teaching foreign languages, promote it on social networks and conduct an expert assessment of the effectiveness of teaching in an online environment.

2years
of study

120 ECTS Full-time mode

Linguistics

Major # №45.04.02

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Tuition fee is 350 000 rubles per the 1st year (relevant for 2023/24 academic year).

Minimal entrance score is 40 points.

Head of the program

Ekaterina Shchaveleva

@PhD in Education, the Head of the Program “Second Language teaching and Pedagogical Design in Digital Environment”

e.schaveleva@misis.ru

International Students Services

Li Elina Valerevna

Chief specialist in professional navigation and work with applicants

welcome@misis.ru

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Program

The program is aimed at training specialists in the field of pedagogical design and creating learning materials in a digital environment based on a competency-based approach. It integrates advanced digital learning media and tools including MOOCs, blended learning, flipped classroom, immersive learning using augmented and extended reality (AR/ER). You will get familiarized with the full cycle of online course production starting from needs analysis and completing with course promotion and course trial. You will receive assortment of opportunities to choose a professional trajectory while participating in semester projects. Students are English-speaking international learning environment and Study visits to partner companies and organizations.

The key advantages of the program

Individual learning path
Mixed-methods approach
The system of supervision and support of students
Building a portfolio from scratch
Cross-cultural community of students
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in the field of linguistics, foreign language teaching, intercultural communication and media production.

Research project is a continuous process lasting through the whole period of study. It is based on three stages:

  • identifying target audience (feature description);
  • online course analysis;
  • course design.

Fundamental training via core and required courses:

  • “Linguistics” courses:
  • Theories of Intercultural Communication
  • Methods of Linguistic Analysis
  • Academic Research and Writing
  • Lifelong Learning and Personal Efficiency
  • Project Management
  • Quantitative Linquistics
  • Public Speaking

  • Courses of the program:
  • Methods and Techniques for Language Teaching
  • Learning Theory and Language Acquisition
  • Assessment Methods and Design
  • Media Production
  • Special Education
  • Online Marketing for Educational Products

  • Elective courses, that depend on the choice of language:
  • English Language Structure English
  • Text Theory
  • Course Design in Digital Environment
  • Material Design in Digital Environment
  • Learner-Centred Environment
  • Gamification and Game-Based Learning
  • English Language Perspectives (for students who have Russian as their native language)
  • Russian Language Perspectives (for international students)

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elective disciplines enable students to tailor the program to their needs

English Language Structure

Text Theory (English)

Material Design in Digital Environment (English)

Gamification and Game-Based Learning

Course Design in Digital Environment (English)

English Language Perspectives

Russian Language Structure

Text Theory (Russian)

Material Design in Digital Environment (Russian)

Learner-Centered Environment

Course Design in Digital Environment (Russian)

Russian Language Perspectives

Student opportunities and employment

Students participate in conferences and case championships. Graduates of the program work as experts in the field of modern educational technologies, as well as methodologists of online and offline materials, corporate trainers, designers of training programs for professional training using digital technologies. Among the partners of the program; Cambridge University Press, Labmedia, Progressme, Motivity, etc.

Research supervisors

Ekaterina Shchaveleva

@PhD in Education, the Head of the Program “Second Language teaching and Pedagogical Design in Digital Environment”

Majors: Course design, Online learning

Supervision Plan: 1-2 students per year


e.schaveleva@misis.ru

Olesya M. Tolstykh

Associate professor, Department of Modern Languages and Communication, the National University of Science and Technology MISIS. Researcher


tolstykh.om@misis.ru

Anastasia Plotnikova

Assistant of the Department of foreign languages and communication technologies, master of applied linguistics

Anna Gorizontova

PhD in History, Associate Professor of the Department of Foreign Languages and Communication Technologies

Irina Malinina

Assistant of the Department of Foreign Languages and Communication Technologies

Elena Kovaleva

Senior Lecturer of the Department of Foreign Languages and Communication Technologies

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