To the problem of teaching techniques selection for generation Z students

Abstract

This article is centered on the problem of pursuit of optimum teaching methods and techniques in respect of Generation Z students in a foreign language class in accordance with the existing theory of generations elaborated by W. Strauss and N. Howe in its adaptation for the post-soviet countries. It contains key characteristics of Generation Z representatives, results of the survey conducted among the students of the faculty of international relations regarding their prevalent cognitive learning styles based on the questionnaire elaborated by P. Honey and A. Mumford in its adaptation by A. D. Ishkov and N. G. Miloradova, and recommendations on organizing the educational process in a foreign language class in this connection.