PREPARATION OF FUTURE TEACHERS FOR USING DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PROCESS OF EARLY FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING

Abstract

The article considers one of the most urgent components of professional teacher training – a digital pedagogical competence. In the process of doing a research work it has been proved that the future teacher should be ready and able to use digital technologies for teaching children and establishing pedagogical cooperation with foreign colleagues. A future teacher should master a methodology of searching on the Internet and a methodology of safe work with a digital content. The article presents a research work with participating the third-year students of specialties «Primary Education» and «Preschool Education» of Pedagogical Institute in Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University. For the purpose of the study, a questionnaire was proposed to the students to make self-diagnostics of information literacy by themselves. The task was to point out if the students` being able to master a methodology of searching the necessary information in the Internet and a methodology of safe work with a digital content, and students` readiness to use digital technologies in the process of early teaching of foreign languages. The analysis of the results of the questionnaire makes it possible to state that the students of the above mentioned specialties possess the information literacy. But they need to be trained in methodology of teaching foreign languages: how to use digital technologies in self-learning and teaching children. The facilities of forming future teachers` foreign communicative competence within the discipline «Foreign Language with Teaching Methodology» have been updated. During the academic year special digital technologies have been used, including lexical online simulators, educational videos and interactive games for lexical and grammatical material and so on. According to the results of the research work, it was pointed out the further ways of forming readiness of the bachelors who study within these specialties to use digital technologies in the process of early teaching of foreign languages. The special necessity of future teachers` pedagogical cooperation with both pupils and colleagues are underlined.