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International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security (국제컴퓨터통신보호논문지학회)
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Innovative Teaching Technologies as a Way to Increase Students' Competitiveness

  • Olena M. Galynska (Department of Foreign Languages for Professional Use, Faculty of Hotel-Restaurant and Tourism Business, National University of Food Technologies) ;
  • Nataliia V. Shkoliar (Department of Foreign Languages, Faculty of International Relations, Khmelnytskyi National University) ;
  • Zoriana I. Dziubata (Department of Humanities, Separated Subdivision of National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine ) ;
  • Svitlana V. Kravets (Theory and Practice of Translation Department, Faculty of Foreign languages, Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University) ;
  • Nataliia S. Levchyk (Department of English Philology and English Language Teaching Methods, Faculty of Foreign Languages, Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University)
  • Received : 2024.07.05
  • Published : 2024.07.30
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Abstract

The article presents an analysis of innovative teaching technologies as a way to increase students' competitiveness. The author found that innovative technologies in education are information and communication technologies relying on computer-based learning. The structure, content of educational software, organization of Web-space are important when using innovative teaching technologies in English classes. We conducted the study in several stages: comparative analysis, synthesis, classification and systematization of the results of psychological and pedagogical, educational and methodological research; study of legislative acts, periodicals in order to identify the state of the research issue, and determining the directions of its solution, as well as subject, goal and objectives of the study. We used modelling to create situations of foreign language professional communication of future IT specialists. Empirical methods involved questionnaires used for identifying the motives of professional development and determining the features of the educational activities of future IT specialists in the process of training. The methods of mathematical statistics allowed to scientifically describe and systematize the obtained data, to identify the quantitative relationship between the studied phenomena, to analyse and summarize the results. We conducted a socio-psychological study during 2016 - 2019. It involved 255 first- and fourth-year students of National Technical University of Ukraine "Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Poly-technic Institute." Innovative information and communication technologies that improve the educational and cognitive activity of students, as well as increase the level of their knowledge have become important in teaching a foreign language in higher educational institutions. These technologies include MOODLE - Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment, business game, integrated pedagogical technology, case study technology. Thus, the information-rich learning process in combination with the use of innovative technologies, well-organized e-learning, interactive training courses, multimedia tools improves the program of teaching and learning foreign languages in general, and English in particular, improves the level of knowledge of future IT specialists and motivation to study and learn foreign languages, allows students to use a variety of authentic materials. We state that all these factors influence the process of individualization of learning and contribute to the successful mastery of a foreign language.

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Acknowledgement

We express our sincere gratitude to all students of National Technical University of Ukraine "Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute" majoring in 121: Software Engineering, specialized at Software Engineering of Computer Systems, and majoring in Software Engineering of Multimedia and Information Retrieval Systems, as well as fellow teachers who assisted in the study.

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