Abstract
In order to survive and evolve the humanity needs changes and transformation. Changes in education are of particular importance because education plays a crucial role in creating a sustainable future. Today, we are undergoing digital transformation in all areas of our life, but educational institutions are only taking the first steps to become digital. Digital transformation of education should involve not only using computers at classes but designing new methods of teaching and learning as well. Technologies should benefit education. The purpose of this work is to share the successful experience of educators of the English for engineering technologies department at Bauman University in designing a new multimedia two-year English course for undergraduates at technical universities. The course “English in the Digital Age” includes a Student’s Book in the digital format with integrated audio and video authentic materials, a Workbook with the key and mock tests, a Teacher’s Resource Book with detailed teaching notes and an online course for English grammar drilling with an answer reveal function and personalized testing with automatic assessment. The course essential feature is that an online self-study grammar course and face-to-face learning process are successfully combined and personalized. The benefit of the work is the best practice in creating a basis for digital transformation of learning and teaching English at a technical university.
Highlights
Higher education in Russia is challenged with needs for digital transformation
The purpose of this paper is to share the best practice of BMSTU English teachers (L-3 department) in creating a new two-year multimedia English course for future engineers "English in the Digital Age", including a Student’s book with integrated authentic audio and video materials, a Workbook which contains a variety of practice exercises that review grammar and language areas presented in the Student’s book with the key and mock tests [2, 3], teaching notes and an online course for English grammar drilling with an answer reveal function and personalized testing with automatic assessment. (Fig.1)
One of the conditions to create an effective English course is the integration of modern innovative teaching techniques and digital technologies, as well as creation of an effective system of multi-level language proficiency evaluation, which will help maintain continuity at all stages of training and provide the necessary level of integration
Summary
Higher education in Russia is challenged with needs for digital transformation. The system of higher professional education in Russia is going through a difficult period of reforms. The Federal State Educational Standard (FSES) defines students’ workload as a combination of their class work and individual independent work. This means that the student’s individual work must be carefully planned, effectively organized and systematically checked [1]. Transformation of education technologies should give a way to new forms of individual, pair and group work, without which it is impossible to form social and communicative skills of professionals
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