EXPERT ASSESSMENT METHOD IN TRAINING LECTURERS FOR WORK IN INTERNATIONAL GROUPS OF STUDENTS

Abstract

Nowadays more and more universities recruit international students due to the process of
internationalization in higher education. The author determined the main problems that lecturers
who start teaching in international groups of students may come across. Expert assessment method
was used. Working in international groups for at least several years, experts are able
to share the most valuable data on international students’ behavior and to anticipate some conflict
situations that may occur. The article gives a brief literature review of the expert assessment
method to prove that this method is well developed and widely used in different spheres of research.
The results of the expert survey show that the main problems for the lecturers are the
non-sufficient level of English as the language of instruction and the basic rules of intercultural
communication. The conclusion was made that the lecturers who are going to teach in the international
groups of students should have the level of English B2 and higher, should be certified
in EMI, and should know the basics of intercultural communication.