DEVELOPMENT OF FIRST EDUCATIONAL LEVEL 012 PRESCHOOL EDUCATION SPECIALTY STUDENTS’ DIGITAL LITERACY SKILLS WITHIN A DISCIPLINE «MODERN TECHNOLOGIES OF TEACHING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE TO PRESCHOOL CHILDREN»

Abstract

The article is devoted to the issue of development of preschool education specialty students of the first education level (bachelor’s) digital literacy skills within a discipline «Modern Technologies of Teaching a Foreign Language to Preschool Children». The correlation between the content of the working curriculum of the discipline as well as the methods used and development of the preschool education specialty students’ digital literacy skills has been stated. It was proven that the development of preschool education specialty student’s digital literacy skills depends on the activities offered within the learnt content and their self-study that occurs due to the specifics of their distance learning. Sharing experience is pointed out as a necessary component in mastering various digital tools and improving the level of digital literacy. The article presents the experience of teaching a discipline «Modern Technologies of Teaching a Foreign Language to Preschool Children» for preschool education specialty students of the first educational level on the Faculty of Pedagogical Education in Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University. It gives overview of the working curriculum of the discipline, content modules and specific activities offered within the study of preschool education specialty students from the second till the fourth courses. Also, the article presents an algorithm of the creation of digital content by preschool education specialty students within the discipline «Modern Technologies of Teaching a Foreign Language to Preschool Children». Based on the described theoretical background of the way the digital literacy skills of the future preschool teachers are formed within the aforementioned discipline the necessity for further empirical testing of the level of digital skills development is underlined as well as analysis of their practical readiness to use digital tools in their future professional activities.