ДОЦІЛЬНІСТЬ ВИКОРИСТАННЯ МУЛЬТИМЕДІЙНИХ ТЕХНОЛОГІЙ У ПІДГОТОВЦІ МАЙБУТНІХ УЧИТЕЛІВ ІНОЗЕМНИХ МОВ

Abstract

The article deals with the feasibility of multimedia technologies application in the future foreign language teachers’ training. It is underlined that these technologies open up unprecedented perspectives in solving important tasks and lead to a transition from the traditional scheme of reproductive knowledge transfer to a new, creative form of teaching and learning. It is established that multimedia technologies in foreign language classes contribute to: the formation of reading skills, due to the use of the Internet materials of different complexity levels; improvement of listening skills with the help of authentic audio texts, songs, movie episodes; developing skills of dialogue and monologue speech, improving writing skills, enriching the vocabulary (both active and passive), which reflects a certain stage in the development of the culture, the social and political structure of society; enriching the students with cultural knowledge, including language etiquette and the culture and traditions peculiarities; improving grammar knowledge through online exercises and tests. It is proved that the multimedia presentations application in the future foreign language teachers’ training, in particular in foreign language classes, provides the function of information transfer, as well as receiving feedback in the process of its perception and assimilation, since the information presented in visual form is the most accessible for perception. It is stated that the multimedia technologies application in the future foreign language teachers’ training contributes to the intensification and enrichment of the educational process, induces a conscious perception of educational material, motivates and activates the student’s educational activity, individualizes the process of a foreign language learning, diversifies the forms of classes, as well as contributes to the development of mental and the students’ creative abilities, increases interest in learning and the level of proficiency in a foreign language.