Diagnostics of the medical lexis mastering by Arabic-speaking medical students using mnemonics within the Russian as a foreign language classes

Abstract

Introduction. The article is devoted to the issue of the medical lexis mastering by Arabic-speaking medical students using mnemonics in the framework of Russian as a foreign language classes. The main demand in Arab countries is the high level of education of graduates of medical faculties.

Purpose setting. The author of the article aims to determine the level of mastering and training of these medical students in professional lexis during an experiment with experimental and control groups of Arab students.

Methodology and methods of the study. The methodological basis of the study was the application of the author’s mnemonics methodology in the experimental group and training without mnemonics of the control group of Arab students. During the formative experiment, the level of the medical lexis mastering by Arab medical students was determined.

Results. The methodology of mnemonics was introduced by the author in classes with foreign students from Arab countries of the 2-3-4 courses of the Medical Faculty of Ulyanovsk State University, studying in the specialty «Medicine». Studies conducted with experimental and control groups of students, after applying the author’s methodology, showed: in the experimental group, the average level of mastering was 91 %, and in the control group – 55 %, which indicates the effectiveness of the method used.

Conclusions. The practical significance of the work lies in the fact that the methodology of mnemonics significantly increases the mastering of the material, and also has a positive effect on the learning of medical students.