Self Access E-Learning Language Centres at Technical Universities in the Focus of Management

The article represents the results and perspectives of implementation of the Tempus FLERTUV (Foreign Language Education in Russian Technical Universities on the Volga ) Project developed in 2005-2009 as a way of meeting the needs of Russian technical students for further learning foreign languages, maintaining their knowledge of English and German during the final 3 years of their university studies. Within the FLERTUV project, the prime objective was identified as to enable students to bridge the gap from formal learning to employment and, thus, develop the skills required by the global market and society. Three self-access language centres (SACs) in the largest cities of the Volga region – Saratov, Samara and Volgograd, one in each university, were established to provide supported self study opportunities in foreign languages for specific purposes (FLSP). The article is focused on the problems of the SAC management in view of methodological and socio-cultural aspects