The New Approaches to Organization of Students’ Individual Work in Foreign Language Learning in Ukraine and Abroad

Abstract

AbstractDifferent approaches to organization of students’ individual work using information technologies in Ukraine and abroad have been presented in the paper. The authors have analyzed the concept and role of students’ individual work in the language learning process. It has been revealed that students’ individual work is a rather flexible process and involves such activities as preparation for lectures, practical tasks, workshops, preparation for different types of control, solution of different complexity level problems in and out of class; work with various sources of information and writing essays, reports, summaries. It has been concluded that information technologies can be a powerful tool for everybody who wants to learn foreign languages through individual work and an efficient facility to enlarge students’ creative potential. The concept of “information technologies” in education has been analyzed and the advantages of using information technologies in organization of students’ individual work have been determined. Language practice at phono and video laboratories, the use of the Internet resources, special computer software and online courses, e-books, electronic encyclopedias and dictionaries have been analyzed as the most effective means to organize students’ individual work in the language learning process.