ORGANIZATION OF STUDENT’S SELF-STUDY BY MEANS OF INFO-COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES WHILE LEARNING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE
DOI: 10.23951/2307-6127-2017-1-108-113
Modern educational standards require students to get a number of general cultural competences. Moreover, the current process of globalization, informatization and computerization makes graduates obtain competences that will meet the requirements of demanding employers. The article addresses the issue of students’ general cultural competences and the possibility of their development while learning a foreign language. Learning a foreign language students not only acquire capability to communicate but develop intellectual, cognitive, creative abilities and readiness to self-study. The article denotes the high potential of students’ self-study in learning a foreign language and development of general cultural competences. The reduction of class hours is compensated by the increase of students’ self-study. While planning students’ self-study instructors its necessary to take into account a set of stages: organization, motivation and evaluation. The special attention is paid to the importance of info-communication technologies in the organization of students’ self-study. They help create more diverse and expanded educational environment. The authors justify their application and determine their functions in the process of learning a foreign language by the students of technical directions. The article offers techniques using info-communication technologies and examples of tasks contributing to the development of students’ general cultural competences, their cognitive and creative activity, ability to self-study, foreign language learning and independence in solving educational and professional tasks.
Keywords: general cultural competences, students’ self-study, info-communication technologies, foreign language
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Issue: 1, 2017
Series of issue: Issue 1
Rubric: PEDAGOGY AND DIDACTICS OF HIGHER SCHOOL
Pages: 108 — 113
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