USING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES IN LEARNING ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PROFESSIONAL PURPOSES
The paper focuses on analyzing the didactic potential of modern information technologies in learning English for specific professional purposes by non-linguistic students. The emphasis is made on didactic potential of the learning management system Moodle for classroom and self-study modes. The paper gives detailed information about organizational, technological and lingual-didactic basics of implementing learning management system Moodle for solving current tasks which are aimed at developing job-related communicative competence of modern specialists in foreign languages. The acquired competence will allow engineers get integrated within international professional environment. Being a non-commercial product, Moodle is characterized by flexibility of usage for teaching and learning purposes of the educational institution. Apart from these advantages, Moodle can be implemented for classroom, individual and distance learning modes depending on the needs of learners and teachers due to the combination of static resources, interactive elements and network means of information exchange.
Keywords: information technologies, learner-centred approach, learning autonomy, learning management system
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Issue: 8, 2014
Series of issue: Issue 8
Rubric: THEORY AND METHODS OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING
Pages: 71 — 74
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