The aim of this study is to develop and pilot a methodology for the classroom use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) by an English teacher for the synchronous generation of educational materials designed to enhance speaking skills (discussion prompts, translation tasks, monologue talking points, and group discussion scenarios) in large groups of economics students (comprising 30-35 people) at non-linguistic universities. The article substantiates the relevance of using generative artificial intelligence under conditions of large class sizes and classroom time constraints; analyzes theoretical approaches to integrating artificial intelligence into foreign language teaching; proposes a proprietary methodology for the synchronous generation of four types of oral practice tasks using prompts; describes the course and results of experimental instruction, which established quantitative performance indicators; and provides practical recommendations for implementing the proposed approach. The scientific novelty of the work lies in the substantiation of a new type of pedagogical activity – the synchronous, real-time generation of educational materials in the classroom; the development and piloting of a methodology for using generative AI as an operational tool for managing speaking practice in large groups; the quantitative verification of efficiency criteria for this methodology; and the identification of the limits of the proposed approach’s applicability, which are associated with the mandatory presence of a teacher for substantive verification and correction of the generated content. As a result, the study confirmed the hypothesis that the teacher’s use of GenAI for the synchronous creation of learning materials in a large student group significantly optimizes the lesson, as evaluated against five criteria: instructional time density, student speaking practice coverage, the intensity of speech practice, student engagement, and the number of completed tasks.
This appeal to narrative macroalgorithms arises in the context of the 64 samdhyangas of the ancient Indian drama's plot, which comprises five plot elements and is oriented toward the genre of love drama. The author proposes to consider a 64-element narrative model in order to overcome the schematic nature of the fairy tale "formula" and move on to the "formula" of literary narrative. A 64-element model of cognition of the Chinese "I-Ging" is proposed as a universal one. The object of this study is the relationship between 60- and 64-element structures in a continuous narrative. The subject matter is the factors determining the content of narrative stages from the 61st to the 68th. The aim of this study is to demonstrate that ancient macroalgorithmic models, which form the legacy of the mythological worldview, can be an effective tool for analyzing developmental processes, including those realized in fictional narratives. The author anаlyzes A.N. Tolstoy's novel "The Hyperboloid of Engineer Garin" (1937) and Zi Jinchen's novel "The Long Night" (2017). An important result of the study is that the processes of periodic application of both the basic 8-element narrative cycle and the 60-/64-element model of plot development have been described and substantiated.
Until the 1960s, in Kuibyshev (Samara), primary art education was only possible in fine art circles (F.E. Burov, P.A. Krasnov, A.E. Pletnev). After the opening of the Children's Art School in the city, art studios remained a space for free creativity and informal communication. V.P. Denisov (1935–2021) began his teaching career in 1975 (Kuibyshev), having formed as an artist in Kaliningrad, Kaluga, and at the creative dacha of the Union of Artists of the RSFSR in Goryachiy Klyuch. Deprived of the opportunity to participate in Kuibyshev regional exhibitions, V.P. Denisov switched to teaching in the art studio of the 4th State Bearing Plant (SBP) Community Center and at Children's Art School No. 1, from 1980 to 1989. – only in the art studio. Already at the initial stage, a close-knit creative team formed in the adult art studio, many of whose members subsequently dedicated their lives to art. This study brings the phenomenon of the art studio at the 4th SBP Community Center to the general public. An attempt is made to measure this phenomenon in time and space. The analysis draws on materials from periodicals and memoirs. Illustrative material includes photographs, sketches, landscapes, and portraits by V.P. Denisov and studio members. Based on the results of the study, it is concluded that the art studio at 4th SBP Community Center, as a cultural phenomenon in Samara, has three dimensions: formally temporary (1976–1989), personal (the core of the team), and supra-institutional, which has retained its essence in different forms of teaching and periods.
The transportation and storage of viscous petroleum products face the problem of maintaining the temperature regime. This factor becomes the resultant when considering the issues of preserving the quality of the transported product meeting the terms of delivery of goods and saving the means spent on the process of unloading, as well as on the maintenance of aggregate installations located at specialized unloading points. The article considers a mathematical model of a device that provides a rapid erosion of the hardened fraction, carried out almost simultaneously with unloading of the petroleum cargo from the tank car’s boiler or the above‑ground tank. The proposed device uses two stages of heating, the first of which is standard (using "live" steam), and the second is carried out by supplying the heated transported product to the heating circuit. As a result of calculations based on a mathematical model, it was established that the required pumping speed of the diluting petroleum product for adequate functionality should be at least 3.5 m/s. The device for two‑stage heating and flushing of a solidified petroleum product has a simple design, low material consumption, and low production cost.
The objective of the study is to identify and assess the significance of differences in certain aspects of the socio-economic situation in the KSiPM districts from other regions of Russia based on a comparative analysis using appropriate statistical methods. Official publications of Rosstat were used as sources of statistical information. The volume of the studied population was 85 units, of which 24 units were classified as regions of the Far North and equivalent localities; 61 units were classified as other territories of the country. The data for the latest available period, 2022, were studied. The comparison of the indicators of the socio-economic situation in the KSiPM districts with the rest of the territory of the Russian Federation, on the one hand, led to significant results, and on the other hand, revealed a number of methodological problems in the implementation of the comparative analysis itself. It became obvious that the success of such an undertaking critically depends on the quality of the formed system of statistical indicators, the choice of indicators for which is very, very limited by the nomenclature of published data. In addition, due to the strict limit of indicators common to both populations, it becomes necessary to obtain them by calculation, which may violate the methodological logic initially embedded in them. Finally, the high degree of heterogeneity of living conditions of the population (for example, natural and climatic) within the compared territorial populations (for example, both the Arctic and the south of Eastern Siberia are considered northern regions) sometimes does not allow any statistical assessments to be carried out directly and correctly. The results obtained clearly confirm the existence of differences in the socio-economic status of the compared territories.However, the level of these differences is very small compared to intra-group fluctuations. This fact is undoubtedly of scientific interest and provides grounds for further research.
