Abstract
The article aims to investigate the available tools of current information tech-nologies used in teaching under-graduate and postgraduate students at a foreign language department of a higher technical education institution of mineral re-sources line, to assess the experience of using those technologies by the author of the article, to analyze the results achieved and to consider the ways of ex-panding the list of methodologies that apply the existing information technolo-gies in teaching foreign languages in higher technical education institutions in mineral re-source area. The article considers the following techniques: using the institution Internet portal to provide access to learning support materials, learn-ing plans, assignments and tests, remote teacher consultations, organizing of and participation in outside webinars and video conferences, and incorporating training programs with speech recognition modules. Foreign language compe-tence for professional interaction implies general basic knowledge of grammar and vocabulary, developing profession-related terminological vocabulary, and skills of face-to-face oral and written professional communication in the foreign language. The author analyzes the results based on surveying and feedback from undergraduate and postgraduate students and on long-term personal work experience in higher education. As a mid-term objective, the authors have be-gun a quantitative analysis of the effect of IT learning based on experience of distant teaching during COVID pandemic.
Highlights
Present-day stage of development of information technology allows to enhance educational methods, including teaching foreign languages to undergraduate and postgraduate students of higher technical education institutions in mineral resource line
Easier access for learners to computers, tablets and smartphones which, in their turn, practically all the time provide access to the Internet, allows to use distance education techniques based on modern information technologies with little or no restriction. [1, 2, 3, 4]. In this respect investigating the effectiveness of applying such advanced methods in developing foreign language competence for professional interaction, in the case of learners with disability [5], appears to be relevant
The article examines the following teaching techniques based on the use of current information technologies and instrumental to develop and improve foreign language competence for professional interaction of undergraduate and postgraduate students: 1. Providing access on the institution Internet portal to online versions of teaching mate-rials, learning plans, exercises and online tests in a foreign language both for general and profession-related purposes
Summary
Present-day stage of development of information technology allows to enhance educational methods, including teaching foreign languages to undergraduate and postgraduate students of higher technical education institutions in mineral resource line. Easier access for learners to computers, tablets and smartphones which, in their turn, practically all the time provide access to the Internet, allows to use distance education techniques based on modern information technologies with little or no restriction. [1, 2, 3, 4] In this respect investigating the effectiveness of applying such advanced methods in developing foreign language competence for professional interaction, in the case of learners with disability [5], appears to be relevant. The relevance of using up-to-date distance learning techniques is confirmed by the situation of mass remote work of higher educational institutions during COVID pandemic
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