CHALLENGES OF TEACHING EFL TO PART-TIME STUDENTS IN MOLDOVA
CHALLENGES OF TEACHING EFL TO PART-TIME STUDENTS IN MOLDOVA

Author(s): Nicoleta Baghici, Ceh Oxana
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts
Published by: Biblioteca Ştiinţifică a Universităţii de Stat Alecu Russo
Keywords: challenges; teaching EFL; part-time students; educational process; contingent diversity; motivation; workable solutions
Summary/Abstract: In recent years, higher education institutions in Moldova have witnessed a considerableincrease in the number of students of various part-time study programs, accounted for diversesocio-economic reasons as well as certain features inherent in the programs themselves. Generally defined as a highly flexible, effective, open and democratic form of continuous vocational education, part-time (extramural) courses aim not only at providing students withprofessional knowledge and corresponding competences, but also at enhancing their cognitiveactivity, personal growth, learning achievements and independence in diverse academic142undertakings. Since certain proficiency in a foreign language has long been recognized as afundamental prerequisite skill for a specialist to be able to withstand escalating competitionin the contemporary labor market, to access the most innovative information available and tocommunicate with colleagues worldwide, the courses “The English Language I” and “TheEnglish Language II” have become an integral component of Moldovan university curriculameant for part-time students of bachelor‟s degree programmes

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