A significant number of studies are devoted to the psychological and social adaptation of students to the educational process at university. This research contributes to the solution of the problem of first-year students’ academic performance in the framework of studying a foreign language by working with monologue speaking tasks. The study offers an analysis of the improvement of academic performance in this particular type of language activity. The study took place at Peter the Great Saint Petersburg Polytechnic University, Russia, and involved 274 first-year students enrolled in undergraduate programs. Mixed qualitative and quantitative methods were applied to collect and analyse data for the study. The research included the qualitative content analysis of monologue speaking tasks. Results of the study make it possible to conclude that the use of monologue speaking tasks paired with peer interaction and peer assessment can improve first-year students’ English-speaking skills.

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运用独白任务提高一年级学生的英语口语能力

大量研究致力于学生对大学教育过程的心理和社会适应。本研究有助于在外语学习框架下通过独白口语任务解决一年级学生的学业成绩问题。该研究分析了在这种特定类型的语言活动中学习成绩的提高。该研究在俄罗斯彼得大帝圣彼得堡理工大学进行，涉及 274 名就读本科课程的一年级学生。使用混合的定性和定量方法来收集和分析研究数据。研究包括对独白口语任务的定性内容分析。