Integration of Formal and Non-Formal Translation Teaching at a University Under 5-100 Programme

The goal of integrating formal and non-formal education at a higher educational institution is to increase the level of education, to develop professional and sociocultural competencies that affect students' future professional activities. Such a form of education makes it possible to perceive various aspects of real life and adapt to the changing conditions of the global world. This article presents the results of a study conducted on the basis of one of the leading universities in order to study the impact of non-formal education not only on the sociocultural development of a person, but also on their satisfaction with the received knowledge. Many researchers consider problems of formal and non-formal education. The article analyzes the works of the founders of the theory of formal and non-formal education. The authors also refer to studies that examine the concepts "quality of education" and "educational service", analyze the genesis of the quality of education, and confirm the need to monitor the quality of education. Nevertheless, the problem of satisfaction with the quality of educational services received in the field of formal and non-formal education has not been investigated and, of course, requires further study. In this article, the authors tried to study students' satisfaction with the quality of the optional educational services on the example of students of the professional retraining program "Translator in the Field of Professional Communication" before and after the integration of formal and non-formal ways of education. In the study, the authors used the empirical sociological research methods of analysis, observation, study of literature and other sources, and a questionnaire-based survey. With the help of the methods of the study, the authors managed: (1) to demonstrate the effectiveness of integration of formal and non-formal teaching methods for future translators learning on the program "Translator in the Field of Professional Communication"; the results are presented in the tables reflecting the level of students' satisfaction with the quality of the educational service, which proves the above thesis; (2) to reveal the weaknesses of the organization and planning of the learning process, the existence of which proves the necessity of introduction of non-formal methods of education into the formal process of future translators' training; (3) to provide prospects for the further use of non-formal means and technologies of education in translators' training in the modern conditions. In conclusion, the authors of the article claim that the aim of non-formal education is to make students broaden their mind, gain new knowledge outside the class. At the same time, it should satisfy their professional needs, i.e. learning a foreign language and all the forms of verbal activity (reading, writing, listening, speaking). But the most important thing that informal education should be aimed at is mastering the techniques and skills of translation and interpretation from a foreign language into Russian.

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