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Culture enables sustainable development, it is a driver and enabler of sustainable development. In the context of globalization, cultural exchanges are increasing, the role of language as a carrier of culture is more and more evident. Many countries even include it in the national strategy, and it became an important government action. Confucius Institute is an important platform for Sino-foreign cultural exchanges and mutual learning. And the same of the other cultural institutes which have been mentioned in this...

The purpose of the article is to identify the specifics of adaptation and life of orphans and children left without parental care after graduation from orphanages, which is associated with multiple social, legislative and ethical problems in society. Arrangement of teenagers-graduates of orphanages after graduation, as well as their lack of experience and skills to adapt to real life situations, is an urgent problem of Russian society. The article analyzes the current view on the problem of orphansВ’ adaptation, c...

The paper focuses on some of the main tenets of the principled eclecticism approach implemented within the CELTA course – a course for adult learners who wish to receive a certificate proving that they can teach adult speakers of languages other than English. As a former CELTA trainee and a graduate of the course, the author sees her goal as threefold. First, to provide some theoretical knowledge of teaching methods within the paradigm of principled or selective eclecticism – an approach that makes use of the ...

The aim of the paper is to analyse social work with groups in selected social welfare services in Slovakia and to identify the benefits of social work with the group (social group work) as compared to social work with the individual (social casework). The authors have chosen a qualitative research strategy; the research method was a structured interview. We have established research question: What are the typical features, advantages, but also disadvantages, which provides social work with a group in comparison to...

The problems associated with the transition of the Kazakh state from Cyrillic to Latin, especially in 2017-2018 are of concern to many people. The discussion was attended not only by specialists, linguists, but also political scientists and, of course, "natural linguists" – citizens of some post-soviet countries. Among the different opinions there are very provocative. Some people, including those who identify themselves with the educated elite, still retain an oriental, arrogantly condescending attitude toward ...

The article addresses the problem of militarization in the East Asian region in the context of the unfolding crisis in Japan-China relations. Numerous territorial disputes between China and Japan and other countries in East Asia being divided into two hostile sides in the recent past, the complicated history of the last century along with innumerable military conflicts, the deficiency of effectively operating security organizations in this region, the inequality of economic development between countries, all these...

Information technologies and the related disciplines are the most popular and rapidly developing areas in the modern society. The competences of a graduates have to meet modern requirements. However, to meet them, the student must be aware of both new computer technologies, methods, models, and master the basic knowledge of their subject area, as well as understand other scientific fields, since computerization is impossible without integration with other sciences. Here we encounter with a contradiction: the incre...

The analysis of stepping qualifies within the current scope of biomechanical researches that complete the set of investigations concerning the posture deficiency prophylaxis and recovery. This paper aims to compare the main stepping indicators of students with deficient posture with those of healthy students, bringing additional impartial information on the posture assessment. To reach such target, a research was carried out during the academic year 2016-2017, in which students diagnosed with deficient posture and...

Mechanical systems for producing mechanical vibrations gained more and more the role of training equipment and the vibrations obtained have an effect on muscles, facilitating the contraction or relaxation reflex depending on the possibilities of adjusting their parameters. Vibration platform training generates a tonic stretch reflex in all the muscles involved in the effort. During this reflex, the muscles contract and relax at very high speeds and the amount of active fibers reach 95% of muscle fibers involved in...

One of the factors of specialist competitiveness increasing in any field is foreign languages skills. Requirements to foreign language skills assume professional communication forming of future specialists of the technical direction and for this purpose it is necessary to create a situation close to real communication. The article is devoted to foreign languages training of future civil engineers by individual approach on the example of the national and regional unit "Construction of Yakut traditional dwelling Bal...