The paper focuses on the issue of educational motivation in civil and military higher educational institutions. The authors consider various problems faced by students in the educa-tional process and compare their frequency in the educational environment of civil and military universities. The Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MS LQ) test is proposed as an effective tool for pedagogical diagnostics, which can be used as part of a pedagogical experiment to assess the level of motivation to study in civil and military universities. The article describes the scope of its application and scales that allow us to assess the level of formation of educational motivation.

The article represents the term management intelligence as the instrument of project management in educational organisation. The focus is given to understanding that management intelligence can be in priority for taking management decisions. The advantages of management intelligence as a part of project management of educational organisations are shown. The stages of management intelligence are considered. The issues of ethics are touched upon. The ways of gathering information and reference examples for management intelligence are emphasized.

The article provides a brief overview of the history of the search for the language of international communication: from the creation of artificial auxiliary languages to the movement for the revival of the Latin language as a means of scientific communication. Attention to the Latin in this context has been attracted since the end of the 19th century, but the most lively movement “Latinitas viva” experienced in the 1950s-70s and does not fade to this day. In the middle of the 20th century, Latin was a contender for the role of the language of intercultural communication and, although it was not destined to defend its position, Latin is used now in the practice of talking about spiritual topics, if you want to emphasize the elite of classes or give a national neutral character to an international event.

This article contains not previously conducted analysis of translating colour terms into English and German in works of a Russian poet Sergei Esenin. Likely causes of translation transformations of colour terms used in these poetic texts are given. Key patterns of translating colour terms into English and German are identified.

The article looks at the structure and contents of the concept of beauty in 6 fairy tales by Oscar Wilde in which 37 lexical units verbalising the concept of beauty have been identified. The units in question are represented by separate words and phrases based on metaphors and similes. Fairy tales often reflect peculiarities of national folklore and moral values; they contain elements representing the individual author’s manner as well as his views. The conceptual analysis of the fairy tales by Oscar Wilde and the search for the elements of the concept of beauty allow us to get a deeper understanding of the author’s aesthetics and analyse its verbalisation in the text. The article contains a classification of the elements of beauty within 4 levels, as well as the examples of their use in the text.

The purpose of this article is to describe the appearance of a person by means of stable comparisons (US) with the component-zoonym in Russian and Chinese. 520 Russian and about 250 Chinese units were selected for the analysis. The search for units for description was aimed at identifying units that, first, coincide (partially or completely) in their component composition, but differ in meaning, connotation, and symbolism. Secondly, units that do not have semantic analogues, expressed by phraseological means of the language. Third, we selected units that have semantic analogues in the two languages, which are expressed by different lexical means. Russian stable comparisons with the component-zoonym are used in the Russian language, as a rule, to describe the unattractive appearance of a person. In Chinese, these units can also be used to describe a beautiful appearance. This work is devoted to the description of these features

The article investigates the use of project method in the teaching of foreign languages. The method integrates all the language skills and takes an opportunity of using communicative competence in the learning process.

In a situation of forced isolation, the emotional state of people is very vulnerable. The lifestyle changes, the social contacts are limited, meaning the lack of opportunity to meet with relatives, friends and colleagues. Thus, there are no options to deal with stress in familiar ways, for example, to go to the swimming pools, fitness, visit theaters, cinemas, museums, exhibitions or travelling. The economic situation has changed for the worth for many people: there is a threat to lose jobs or a significant part of earnings. It means that there is no possibility to make any plans for the nearest or distant future. The article deals with the problem that is associated with the impact of this situation on the people’s mental health, as well as possible ways out from negative states.

Successful and effective intercultural interaction is possible if you know how communication participants, representa-tives of different cultures, can interpret the processes taking place in the world. In the middle of the XXth century, in the postwar period, significant socio-cultural, political and economic changes took place in Great Britain. They contributed to the formation of mass society and forced to reconsider approaches to the concept of culture. The previous approaches to the analysis of cultural processes occurring in the British society failed to explain all the changes in it. Cultural Studies have become an alternative to the approaches. Representatives of Cultural Studies view culture as a set of interrelated practices. To analyze the phenomena and processes occurring in society, they suggest using the model of the circle of culture. It takes into account almost all the relationships that determine the appearance and existence of various cultural artifacts, processes and phenomena in society

This article analyzes the features of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s political discourse. The article describes the concept of «political discourse», reviews tactics and strategies of Johnson’s public speeches, interviews, and press conferences, as well as comments and messages published on analytical portals and official social networks. As a result of the analysis of texts and public speeches, Boris Johnson can be characterized as a charismatic personality and as an example of one of the most authoritative politicians in the world community.