Abstract
The paper investigates the processes of development of students’ foreign language communicative competence at universities under the conditions of informatisation and internationalisation. The hypotheses of our research: 1) in the conditions of internationalisation of higher education, the level of students' knowledge of foreign languages influences the intensity of their participation in international educational projects; 2) internationalisation of higher education creates effective motivators for more thorough study of foreign languages; 3) informatisation is a powerful tool for improving the quality in foreign language teaching at universities. The authors developed a questionnaire including 11 questions (closed and open). Respondents were 245 fourth-year students of Chernihiv National University of Technology (Ukraine) of humanitarian and technical specialities. The majority of respondents (89%) expressed their desire to participate in international educational projects with trips abroad; 44% of respondents identified the unsatisfactory level of foreign language skills as the main barrier to participation in such projects; 67% noted that the latest methods of teaching foreign languages should be introduced at their institution. On the basis of the results of the research, the authors suggest a set of innovative interactive teaching methods using information and communication technologies. The research results will allow increasing the students’ level of interest and motivation to study foreign languages and, accordingly; will provide the improvement of existing pedagogical approaches to the development of foreign language communicative competence of future specialists at universities.
Highlights
Modern higher education faces two challenges: informatisation of the economy and the internationalisation of the educational area (Bennell & Рierce, 2003; Knight, 2003, 2012; Scott, 1998, 2000; Wit, Hunter, Howard & Egron-Polak, 2015)
The formation of the information economy actualises the role of the development of students' ability to quickly master and effectively work with innovative information, communication and computer technologies
The hypotheses of our research are: 1) in the conditions of internationalisation of higher education, the level of students' knowledge of foreign languages influences the intensity of their participation in international educational projects; 2) internationalisation of higher education creates effective motivators for more thorough study of foreign languages; 3) informatisation is a powerful tool for improving the quality in foreign language teaching at universities
Summary
Modern higher education faces two challenges: informatisation of the economy and the internationalisation of the educational area (Bennell & Рierce, 2003; Knight, 2003, 2012; Scott, 1998, 2000; Wit, Hunter, Howard & Egron-Polak, 2015). In the context of total economic globalisation, business needs specialists capable of communicating with foreign partners (Byram, 2013). This requires the foreign languages acquisition at a high level; and, the increased attention of universities to the development of foreign language communicative competence among students. Taking into account all the above-mentioned, we state the importance of increasing attention of universities to the development of foreign language communication skills of future specialists, as under the conditions of internationalisation and globalisation they will determine the level of competitiveness of university graduates in the national and global markets
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