Technologies as powerful means for realizing foreign language educational objectives at the university level

Modern educational context is characterized by an innovative update of both the substantive coverage and the procedural aspects of the educational system in the university in general and in teaching a foreign language, in particular, guided by the needs of modern society The solution of modern problems of foreign language education in university is related to the design of a set of educational conditions that promote the effective implementation of specific goals and objectives of education, associated with the support of teaching technologies, activating the personal potential of the subjects of the educational process, mastering the effective cognitive resources of speech and speech activity, and in general gaining their professional competence. Technology becomes an integral part of educational activity. In the framework of this article, the problem of determining the aspects of teaching activities in foreign language education that will contribute to the implementation of new learning technologies, as well as the defining the factors that make the technological process of teaching foreign-language communication effective, and the identifying organizational and methodological conditions that contribute to improving the procedural level the teaching-and-learning process. The ideas and experience of Russian and foreign scholars in the field of pedagogy and didactics have influenced the development and modern understanding of educational technologies (e.g. J. Carroll, B. Bloom, D. Bruner, D. Hamblin, G. Grace, P.Ya. Galperin, Yu.K. Babansky, V.P. Bespalko, T.A. Dmitrienko, M.V. Clarin, M.I. Makhmutov, E.S. Polat, N.F. Talyzina and others). The analysis shows that modern educational technologies are aimed at universalization of approaches to learning, centration on students, and are called upon to reveal the learners’ abilities, creativity, and as well as to effectively develop knowledge, skills and competence to interact with the speakers from foreign-language and culture society. They regulate the process of choosing a system of methods, organizational forms and means of instruction, taking into account the individual characteristics of the learners, the goals of instruction and its management. The paper focuses on consideration of the modern practice of teaching a foreign language, in which the emphasis is on the use of innovative technologies that allow implementing various innovations available at the moment in the educational process.

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