THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ONLINE FOREIGN LANGUAGE COURSE – THE EXPERIENCE OF THE BELL PROJECT

Mārīte Opincāne,Karīne Laganovska,Iryna Kurbajeva

doi:10.17770/er2021.1.6505

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Abstract

Online acquisition of the foreign language has become particularly important lately, especially during and after the Covid-19 pandemic. In the framework of The European Union Capacity Building project “Enhancement of Lifelong Learning in Belarus” (https://bell-iln.by/en/) the online English course has been developed and implemented. The article summarises the professional experience of three parties. The main aim of this paper is to reflect the factors, which are essential for the development of an online foreign language course for adults. The following methods were used while doing the research: survey data analysis of project English language course’s target audience and the qualitative analysis of the data content. A questionnaire of the course participants was developed and carried out, the answers were processed. The project experience was analysed, conclusions were drawn and the proposals for future work were worked out.

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The world and education are constantly changing, after the Covid-19 pandemic when online learning and teaching became the main form of education
There is a certain number of important factors in learning online independently. It relates to developing the online courses as well as maintaining the students so as not to lose them. These problematic issues have been made topical in the European Union Capacity Building project “Enhancement of Lifelong Learning in Belarus”
Summarising the results of the research and questionnaire as well as the project experience based on theory and practice, it is possible to define the following most essential criteria – reference points, which can be generally applied, working out the online course for the foreign language

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The world and education are constantly changing, after the Covid-19 pandemic when online learning and teaching became the main form of education. Mastering the foreign languages’ acquisition, like any other sphere of life, requires more than the type of intelligence that makes a language learner successful. It requires the traits as the strong willpower, persuasiveness, and perseverance. There is a certain number of important factors in learning online independently. It relates to developing the online courses as well as maintaining the students so as not to lose them. These problematic issues have been made topical in the European Union Capacity Building project “Enhancement of Lifelong Learning in Belarus” (https://bell-iln.by/en/)

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