scholarly journals use of modern technologies by foreign language teachers: developing digital skills

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (S2) ◽  
pp. 16-27
Author(s):  
Iryna O. Biletska ◽  
Alla F. Paladieva ◽  
Halyna D. Avchinnikova ◽  
Yuliia Yu. Kazak
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Future Teachers ◽  
Foreign Language Teachers ◽  
New Approach ◽  
New Information ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Modern Technologies

In recent years, the question of using new information technologies in the education system has been increasingly raised. These are not only new technical means but also new forms and methods of teaching, a new approach to the learning process. The purpose of this study consisted in developing a program for teaching future foreign language teachers using digital technologies. In this study, a descriptive and analytical methods were used. Analysis of specialised literature on research topics as well as of training programs for future teachers of a foreign language was conducted. A system of classes for future teachers of a foreign language for a semester in the subject “English” and a number of recommendations for creating a course and conducting classes using digital technologies has been developed. A pilot study that showed the effectiveness of these techniques was conducted. It was found that thanks to the authors’ approach the students can complete the tasks assigned to them more quickly and learn how to correctly apply new tools in their work.

THE USE OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES IN TEACHING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

2020 ◽  
Vol XIII (XIII) ◽  
pp. 72-77
Author(s):  
L.D. KRIVYKH ◽  
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O.B. BAGRINTSEVA ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Listening Skills ◽  
Foreign Language Teachers ◽  
New Information ◽  
Information And Communication

The article deals with the application of new technologies in teaching foreign languages. Substantiates the importance of the development of other forms and methods of teaching English to students of information technology disciplines. As well as drawing attention to the use of new information and communication technologies of the Internet. The article includes examples of the use of podcasts in the development of listening skills. The article is written for foreign language teachers, all interested in the methodology of teaching foreign languages, based on new technologies.

scholarly journals The development of future foreign language teachers’ digital competences in creating multimedia tutorials

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (6) ◽  
pp. 216-245
Author(s):  
G. Zh. Smagulova ◽  
G. B. Sarzhanova ◽  
G. K. Tleuzhanova ◽  
N. Stanciu
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Effective Means ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Future Teachers ◽  
Foreign Language Teachers ◽  
Training Course ◽  
Visual Materials

Introduction. The article considers the problem of the development of future teachers’ digital competences in creating foreign language multimedia tutorials and presents the results of the corresponding research conducted by the authors. In the context of the digitalisation of education, the foreign language multimedia tutorials represent an effective means of organising and integrating authentic audio-visual materials into the learning process. Nevertheless, FL (foreign language) teachers today face the problem of the lack of the competences, including digital ones, necessary for the development of effective multimedia tutorials, which cannot be created without the awareness of the methodological foundations of their designing, mastering of the relevant software tools and obtaining the corresponding level of digital skills of their usage.Aim. The current research is aimed to identify the effectiveness of the training course for future teachers in the development of foreign language multimedia tutorials based on authentic audio-visual materials. The training course was conducted at Academician E. A. Buketov Karaganda University among 30 graduate students.Methodology and research methods. The research work was based on the determination of four levels of training in the field of development of multimedia foreign language tutorials: recognition-based, reproductive (adaptive), heuristic, creative.Results and scientific novelty. The developed training course proved its effectiveness in increasing the level of development of digital competences of future FL teachers in the field of designing multimedia educational resources. The research results demonstrated that 80 % of the participants achieved the heuristic level in the field of the development of digital educational resources, namely multimedia tutorials, getting the required 60 % and more points (according to Bespalko V. P.) in the final assessment of academic achievement.Practical significance. The corresponding authoring experimental training course contributes to solving the problem of the development of the future FL teachers’ competences when creating multimedia educational resources, and to the problem of skills formation when using appropriate software to create multimedia educational resources.

scholarly journals THE MODERN TRENDS IN FUTURE FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHERS` TRAINING TO ICT USAGE IN THEIR FUTURE CAREER

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vladimir Proshkin ◽  
Oksana Glushak ◽  
Nataliia Mazur
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Information And Communications Technologies ◽  
Foreign Language Teachers ◽  
Reading And Writing ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
Communications Technologies

The analysis of competences that should be formed in the future foreign language teachers by the tools of modern information and communications technologies is presented by the authors. It is been determined that generic (core) competences include: informatics, informational, organizational and methodological competences; profile (specific) competences include the abilities of information and communications technologies usage for such pupils` skills forming as: listening, speaking, reading and writing. The program of electronic study course to support the realization of above-mentioned task is presented. The purpose of the program is to create a modern level of informational and computer culture, acquiring practical skills of application information technologies by teachers and philologists in order to increase the efficiency of the educational process; students of philological specialties and their preparation for the pedagogically effective use of information technology training in further professional activities. The content of the program modules has been given. Module 1. Network technologies in foreign languages, module 2. Office technologies in foreign languages, module 3. Multimedia technologies. The stages of using ICT in education have been identified, they are search, analysis and research of information, software, methodological resources for a lesson preparation with the further discussion; planning of organizational and methodological measures aimed at achieving goals and objectives of a certain lesson type; developing information materials according to the topic and type of lesson using ICT tools; assessment of future foreign language teachers readiness for the introduction of informational materials on the basis of software resources into the learning process. The usage of ICT for listening, speaking, reading and writing skills forming is demonstrated on the examples of software, on-line services and various podcasts.

scholarly journals BILINGUALISM OF FUTURE FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHER AS REQUIREMENT OF MODERN EUROPEAN HIGHER EDUCATION

2019 ◽  
pp. 90-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victoriia Dоmina
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Training System ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Future Teachers ◽  
Foreign Language Teachers ◽  
Language Groups ◽  
Communication Culture

Cultural globalization of different countries, extended social circle of future teachers, exchange programs, emigration, scientific and professional contacts with representatives of other cultures call for the need to study foreign languages. Current changes pose new pedagogical challenges for scholars in terms of instilling communication culture while preparing future teachers of foreign languages. The article studies the concept of bilingualism, bilingual communication culture and its specifics, scope and relations with other concepts. The author argues that bilingualism is an essential component of general communication culture of future teachers, crucial for them to exchange information and share experience by means of their mother and foreign tongues. Specifics of professional training for future foreign language teachers implies the need for bilingual communication, the effectiveness of which depends on the mastery of languages as well as ability to organize language interaction and communication skills. One possible way to develop bilingual communication culture in the process of preparing future foreign language teachers to their professional activity is engaging the model of developing linguistic and communication skills of bilinguality. It is this bilingual training system that allows students to perceive general aspects of communication culture and its fundamental principles, determins the specifics of bilingual communication and features of professionally oriented expression in the process of comprehending bilingual communication culture as a whole. Integration of languages and cultures contributes to identification, classification, organization and evaluation of objects of the world around us, facilitates adaptation to new cultural environment, helps organize and coordinate activities, encourage other participants of language groups to act correctly.

scholarly journals From Word to Idea: Freewriting

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 293-299
Author(s):  
Lucia-Larissa Morar ◽  
Simona Boştină-Bratu ◽  
Alina Gabriela Negoescu
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Writing Strategies ◽  
Foreign Language Teachers ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Language Class ◽  
Grammatical Structures ◽  
Writing Activity

Abstract The aim of the article is to offer a variety of simple resources to foreign language teachers who consider their students’ creativity very important. The activities that we propose apply to all levels of the students and can be adapted to different grammatical structures and vocabulary according to the target students. We undertook research on freewriting in a foreign language class in sophomore cadet groups. At the center of this research, there are students’ products (free texts) and methods used in carrying out the writing activity (writing strategies and solutions for linguistic problems). Since writing has always been a difficult skill and an unpleasant task for most of the students, with this new approach they have found a way of enjoying their own pieces of writing.

scholarly journals Necessity of improvement of foreign language teaching in the Slovak Republic

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 251-263
Author(s):  
Marcela Šarvajcová ◽  
Monika Štrbová
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Slovak Republic ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Foreign Language Education ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Foreign Language Teachers

Aim. The aim of the research study was to investigate the opinions of the Slovakian secondary school foreign language teachers and learn about their views on the system of education in the field of enhancement of teachers` professional qualifications. Methods. To perform the results of the study the method of focus group was used. Results. The results of the presented research show the differences between the perception of foreign language education in the past and how it appears today through the views of selected number of foreign language teachers in Slovakia. The pivotal role is played by the technological skills of the students and their ability to use information technologies instructed in foreign languages. The research results also indicate the possibilities of teachers to get in direct contact with the target foreign language as a part of their professional development. The research participants also specified the factors that they considered the most influential in the process of foreign language learning. Conclusion. The purpose of the article is to discuss the urge to achieve highly professional foreign language education in today`s technological society. As shown by the results obtained from the focus group, the teachers/participants agreed on a single highly impactful factor: family.

scholarly journals PRZYGOTOWANIE DO TWÓRCZOŚCI PEDAGOGICZNEJ W KSZTAŁCENIU WSTĘPNYM NAUCZYCIELI JĘZYKÓW OBCYCH

Neofilolog ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 205-217
Author(s):  
Elżbieta Jastrzębska
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Professional Identity ◽  
Creative Process ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Creative Activity ◽  
Foreign Language Teachers ◽  
The Subject ◽  
New Strategies

Creativity in teaching in the subject literature can be divided into three categories: the creative process, the product and the support of the development of creative activity in students. Not only is creativity important for the teacher today but also it is an essential part of his or her professional identity. In XXI century pedeutology [a branch of educational theory] the vision is of an open-minded and autonmous teacher, a reflective practitioner who is prepared to create his or her own new strategies to function in educational situations which are constantly changing. This educator effectively supports the personal development of the student and their process of learning. For this reason, creativity in teaching should also be one of the principal objectives of the professional training of the foreign language teachers, which in turn poses important questions. The notion of creativity in teaching, its scope and how it can be prepared for during the aca-demic training of the foreign language teachers are the subjects of the article.

scholarly journals IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPETENCE APPROACH IN PROFESSIONAL TRAINING OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHERS-IN-TRAINING

2021 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 156-179
Author(s):  
Tetiana Kharchenko ◽  
Larysa Udovichenko ◽  
Maryna Zvereva
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Experienced Teachers ◽  
Foreign Language Teachers ◽  
Specific Knowledge ◽  
Video Recordings ◽  
Interdisciplinary Knowledge ◽  
The Subject

The paper proves that applying reflexive practices in the training process at the specialized seminar on the analysis of practices is a significant component of the competence approach implementation. It was found out that training students to analyze complicated in-class situations under the supervision of an experienced trainer who observes, sets the paths, supports and assists them in interpreting their own methods of teaching and professional behavior, is an efficient technique of training. Studying the case of the module course called Analysis of Teacher’s Practices, introduced at the Higher National Institute of Education, Nice Academy, France (INSPE) proved that the active participation in the practices analysis seminar helps teachers-to-be develop new specific skills and competences based on their own experience. The paper highlights the principles of the organization of the seminars of practice analysis: the principles of ethics; of sincere interpretation; of contrast. It was stated that themes of seminars should be chosen in accordance with the students’ pedagogical probations. The authors formulate the targets of the seminars on the analysis of practices: making the knowledge of the subjects (including foreign languages) they teach more profound; further integration of interdisciplinary knowledge; mastering and developing narrow and specific knowledge in the subject they teach, as well as transversal knowledge of how help children study efficiently; developing reflexive state of a competent teacher. The paper proved that all the methods of the analysis of practices are based on different activities of the teacher-to-be themselves: memories and comparison of different lesson parts of whole lessons; the analysis of the teaching practices with the help of the supervisor; the analysis of “strengths” of the teaching practice; comparison of practical targets and results; the analysis of video recordings of lessons; the analysis of experienced teachers’ work; modelling and simulation of in-class situations. The perspectives of further research are a detailed study of the content of the course modules and phases of carrying out seminars.

scholarly journals Linguo-sociocultural competence in the structure of the professional training of foreign language teachers

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Studies ◽  
Cultural Competence ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Future Teachers ◽  
Foreign Language Teachers

The article is devoted to the analysis of the role and the place of linguo-sociocultural competence in university teaching of the language and preparation for professional work of foreign language teachers, in particular, Chinese teachers of the Russian language. The invariant and variable aims of education and the communicative needs of students-philologists – future teachers in the current branches of communication are formulated: professional, socio-cultural, business, socio-political and colloquial. The modern points of view on the structure of professional competence of future foreign language teachers, the place of linguistic and socio-cultural competence in its structure are analyzed. The result of mastering a foreign language by this contingent of students should be an integrative communicative competence, which is a complex of key competencies: linguistic, conversational, socio-cultural and professional. The role of mastering the aspects of the language system, productive and receptive types of speech activity in the process of forming the professional skills of students in communication and studying in the socio-cultural sphere is described. Cultural studies components of the educational process organization are emphasized. The training of linguistic and socio-cultural competence should be carried out within the framework of the culturological approach. The most developed in the methodology aspect of this approach is linguistic and cultural studies. The linguistic-cultural knowledge, abilities and skills of foreign languages future teachers are systematized. The analysis of the main data formation of linguistic and socio-cultural competence is carried out on the example of the organization of the teaching Russian to Chinese students. Methodical solutions for the formation of professionally oriented linguistic and socio-cultural competence based on its cognitive-active model are proposed.

scholarly journals Professional training of future Foreign language teacher in conditions of system-activity approach

2020 ◽  
pp. 96-105
Author(s):  
Aliona Shyba
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Interactive Methods ◽  
Future Teachers ◽  
Foreign Language Teachers ◽  
Interactive Technologies ◽  
System Activity ◽  
Teachers Training ◽  
The Impact

The article deals with the conditions of future foreign language teachers' training. The author clarifies the concept of system-activity approach, substantiates its importance in the academic process. It is revealed that the system-activity approach makes the process of future foreign language teachers' training more integral, scientifically oriented and systematic. A competent responsible specialist, able to meet the demands of the time, can only be prepared in an open educational system. The reason for this is because the open system constantly interacts with the environment, its source of existence lies beyond its borders. It is stated in the article that the activity approach in the process of future teachers' training allows to direct students to independence in learning; to teach them to effectively organize their activity; to set the goal and achieve its realization; to be able to apply analysis and synthesis not only for carrying an individual research, but for using them while solving practical tasks, evaluating the results of their activities. The author also analyzes the impact of interactive methods on the effectiveness of learning. Interactive learning is viewed both as the process of collective cognition, where knowledge is acquired as a result of collaborative activities, and as the use of the latest information technologies in the academic process. The application of a number of interactive technologies is described, such as the technologies of cooperative and collective-group learning, situational modeling and processing of discussion questions, as well as informational and communication technologies. It is proved that system-activity approach to training future teachers by means of interactive technologies helps increase the level of students' motivation and creates favorable conditions for mastering their future professional skills.

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