Використання альтернативних технологій для удосконалення іншомовної комунікативної компетентності в аудіюванні та говорінні студентів вищих навчальних закладів

Abstract

The article analyzes interactive technologies for the teaching of speaking and computer technologies for the teaching of listening, which are used to improve the foreign communication skills of students of higher educational institutions. The test tasks for checking the English listening competence at each of the stages of working with audio text are introduced as well as the most widely - spread Cooperative Learning structures known as Kagan Structures, particularily the strucutresTeam Statement, Three-Step-Interview, Inside-Outside Circle, which can be effectively used for developing speaking skills at the foreign language lesson, as the goal of Cooperative Learning is to provide the students with ample opportunities of using the language. So they are more likely to attain fluency or communicative competence. Computer tests are offered to improve students’ listening skills and abilities. Various computer exercises are used to check, assess and evaluate lexical and grammatical skills, language and semantic anticipation, understanding of the gist, details and specific information of the text. The stages of working with a listening text (pre-listening, while-listening and post-listening) are provided. The analysis of the “Hot Potatoes” software is given. The following types of computer exercises: multiple choice, multi-select, gap-filling, matching and jumbled-sentence are described and elaborated. A certain computer exercise is used at a certain stage to check and assess a particular skill or ability.