ЗАСТОСУВАННЯ МОДЕЛІ BLENDED LEARNING ПІД ЧАС ВИКЛАДАННЯ КУРСУ “ІНОЗЕМНА МОВА ЗА ПРОФЕСІЙНИМ СПРЯМУВАННЯМ”

Abstract

In Ukraine teaching students the course “Foreign Language for Professional Purposes” is considered to be the priority of higher education. The ability to communicate in other languages plays a vital role in professional competence of specialists. With changing requirements to specialist’s training there is a need to change the approaches of teaching the Foreign Language for Professional Purposes to students of different specialties. The relevance of the material presented in the article is caused by the system implementation of modern information and communication technologies into the educational process of higher educational institutions that induces the appearance of new kinds and forms of its organization. The formation of competences in the field of multimedia, which is necessary for the use of Internet technologies, plays an important role in this process. It ensures the preparation of highly qualified and highly competitive professionals. The article considers the peculiarities of using the information educational technologies while teaching English to non-language students. Blended learning is suggested to be used as it combines all the characteristics of information and educational technologies. Moreover, the article reveals the potential of blended learning as a means of increasing efficiency of education. Today, there is no single view of the content of this phenomenon among scientists. Based on the analysis of scientific literature and practical developments of pedagogical community the author has analyzed the content and features of the concept “blended learning”. The classification of blended learning models is presented and generalized. It is stated in the article that the use of blended learning in higher education solves the problem of individuation, intensification and optimization training, is the most logical and natural evolution of the traditional model of learning.