READINESS OF TECHNICAL SPECIALTIES STUDENTS FOR BLENDED LEARNING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE
In the context of the Federal State Educational Standard implementation, the need for changes in the content of the educational paradigm emerged. The need for effective teaching approaches capable of increasing the effectiveness of teaching a foreign language at a non-language university, has prompted researchers to study the possibility of blended learning as an effective approach that contributes to the development of technical specialties students’ readiness for blended learning, the formation of various skills, contributing to the successful mastering of a foreign language course. The purpose of this research is to study students' attitude toward the main characteristics of blended learning. To achieve this goal in NMSTU a study based on quantitative data was conducted, with thirty students as participants. The research was carried out on the basis of questionnaires. The authors of the article substantiate the need to introduce a new approach into the learning process, which, on the one hand, is innovative and, on the other, problematic, as it requires a deep analysis, evaluation, creation of practical methods for implementing and developing this type of learning. In this regard, the team of authors offers a discussion and scientific understanding of psychological and pedagogical concepts and phenomena associated with technological trends in the educational process, the design of new educational courses, and the effectiveness of blended learning.