The role of interactive platforms in learning foreign languages

Abstract

Ukraine's entry into the common educational space and the intensive development of the global computer network have necessitated the use of digital technologies in the study of foreign languages in higher education institutions. Knowledge of a foreign language is mandatory in our time. In this regard, it is relevant to analyze and improve the existing digital methods used in its study. The purpose of the article is to develop directions for improving digital methods in the educational process in the study of foreign languages in higher education institutions of Ukraine. The main tasks of the article are to establish the essence of the concept of "digital-methodology", to determine the main methods and technologies used in teaching foreign languages, to consider the main problems of implementing digital-methods and to develop ways to solve them. According to the results of the study, it was found that the main digital methods used in the study of foreign languages are M-Learning, Web-quest, Language portfolio and Online-Diary. Digital methods in combination with traditional teaching methods are able to solve the tasks provided by the curriculum. However, the analysis of domestic experience has shown that there are a number of problems that complicate the implementation of digital methods in the educational process: the unwillingness of some higher education institutions to change, lack of proper training of foreign language teachers in the use of digital technologies, slow pace of digitalization of higher education, lack of practice with the use of digital technologies among students studying foreign languages. The main ways to solve these problems are to revise the State Standards in terms of training foreign language teachers to use digital technologies, update computer equipment and provide broadband Internet access to higher education institutions, develop and support online learning platforms, and introduce dual education.