STRUCTURE AND METHODS OF THE FOREIGN STUDENTS TRAINING IN VOCAL-PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

The article deals with the topical issues related to the foreign Master-course students training in vocal and professional activities based on socio-cultural adaptation in Ukrainian educational and pedagogical institutions. The purpose of the article is to substantiate the structure and methods of the foreign Master-course students training in vocal-professional activities on the basis of improving their abilities to socio-cultural adaptation in Ukrainian pedagogical and educational institutions. The data of psychological and pedagogical literature are generalized; it is proved that the majority of foreign students are not ready to adapt themselves to the new conditions of education, communication or to solve problems of educational and organizational character, which leads to a decrease in the quality of their proficiency in their future professional activities. The structure of students' training in vocal-professional activities, which is presented as a unity of adaptive-psychological, vocal-performing and vocal-pedagogical components, is considered. The essence of the notion “adaptation” and variants of its manifestation as a social, cultural and socio-cultural phenomenon is described. The foreign students' ability to social adaptation is considered within the framework of social and interpersonal communication, which takes place in the process of musical and educational activities. The specifics of the future vocal teachers' cultural adaptation, which manifests itself in the ability to adequately perceive and absorb the spiritual heritage of other peoples – art, cultural traditions, evaluation criteria, different from those learned in previous experience, is determined. The foreign students socio-cultural adaptability is considered as an integrative property based on their readiness for emotional and positive social and interpersonal relations, a positive attitude towards the perception and assimilation of the foreign-artistic mentality and vocal-performing traditions, the ability to act according to the value orientations developed in the country where they receive education; performing stylistic traditions of the artistic and educational environment as well as to successfully adapt themselves to the new conditions of artistic (vocal) education. The content of adaptation shifts, which should singers undergo in the process of their vocal-educational activity at the anatomical, psychophysiological and socio-cultural levels, is highlighted. The methods that facilitate the promotion of foreign students' adaptation and allow them to succeed in the training process of the vocal-professional activities are presented; one can mention these ones among them: the use of mentoring type of pedagogical leadership, a set of tasks for independent and creative performance, students' involvement into various forms of academic and concert music making within international ensembles, the encouragement of participation in students' cultural and entertainment activities organised by the faculty and university.