Teaching career-oriented majors in the English language: challenges and opportunities (Kazan Federal University case study)

During the survey we detected two major issues preventing the academics from teaching career-oriented majors in English. The first concern is the lack of qualified English speaking academics capable of delivering courses in English (2%).Most of English-speaking lecturers experience heavy workload an

Metacognitive awareness of TOEFL reading comprehension strategies.

The aim of the present study is to determine students? metacognitive awareness of global academic reading strategies, namely the use of context clues, within the framework of preparation for TOEFL reading section.

Teacher students collaboration: Kazan Federal University approach