Карагандинский Государственный Университет им.Е.А.Букетова

 

Абдразакова А.А. Бакенова А.М.

Болатбекова А.К. Искакова Р.К

 

"Information and communication technologies in teaching foreign languages"

 

It should be noted that at the present stage the main task of the state educational policy is to create conditions to achieve a new quality of education in line with the future needs of modern life.

In modern conditions need to pay more attention to the development of creative abilities of students, their learning needs and interests. In this situation, the teacher not only presents information on his subject, but also plans, organizes and supervises the training activities the student develops the skills of educational work, thinking skills, ability to apply knowledge in practice.

A special place in the solution of these problems learning methods that every teacher should be able to competently use. Without methods is impossible to achieve this goal, to realize the content to fill the training of cognitive activity.

Methods of teaching - an essential component of the learning process. Without the use of appropriate methods is impossible to realize planned goals and objectives of teacher training its object.

One of the main modern methods of instruction is programmed teaching method using a computer. The effectiveness of educational material on the student audience is largely dependent on the extent and level of oral illustrative material. Visually rich teaching material makes it a bright, compelling and promotes intensification of the process of its assimilation.

Modern educational technology such as cooperative learning, project methodology, the use of new information and communication technologies, Internet resources to help implement the student-centered approach to learning, provide individualization and differentiation of learning, taking into account students' abilities, their level of inclination.

At English lessons using a computer can solve a number of didactic objectives: to form skills of reading, writing skills improve students; Vocabulary students; form students' steady motivation to learn English. The world of advanced information technologies increasingly takes place in our lives. Their use in the classroom, we increase motivation and cognitive activity of students of all ages, expanding their horizons. Information and communication technology enhances the learning motivation and study of foreign language   improvement of students' knowledge. ICT focus on intensifying the learning process, to improve the forms and methods of organization of educational process.

One of the new requirements for language teaching using Internet resources, is to create interaction in class, what is called in the method of interactivity. According to the definition RP Milrud, interactivity - a "union, coordination and complementarity of efforts communicative goals and results of speech means."

As an information system, iinternet offers its users the variety of information and resources. A basic set of services may include:

1. e-mail;

2. teleconference;

3. videoconferencing;

4. The ability to publish their own information, the creation of their own home pages;

5. Access to information resources:

6. reference directories;

7. search engines;

8. network conversation.

These resources can be actively used in the English class.

Mastery of communicative and intercultural competence is impossible without communication practices, and resource utilization. Internet language lessons, in this sense, is simply irreplaceable: the virtual environment. Internet allows you to go beyond the temporal and spatial framework, giving its users the opportunity to communicate with real authentic interlocutors on current topics for both sides. However, we must not forget that the Internet - only assistive technology training, and for best results, you must properly integrate its use during the lesson. In optional classes my students really like talking on the Internet with native English speakers.

Achieve communicative orientation in teaching foreign languages using a computer can be a text editor mode. Word - one of the most advanced programs in the class word processor, which provides for the implementation of hundreds of operations. Word processor can be used as a tool for creating training exercises as a tool to stimulate students' activity on the creation of texts in the target language.

Examples of assignments:

- Type the text, make changes to it;

- Reduce the text, leaving it the most important information;

  locate, select the text to answer the following questions;

- Share the text into meaningful parts;

- Restore the correct order of the proposals;

- In the text no punctuation, capital letters, spaces between words. Restore it;

- Find and select the passive constructions (bold, italics);

Also, students create communicatively important texts: greeting cards, profiles, biographies, essays, projects.

In the program the method of teaching, the following basic forms of information technology in the classroom:

1) Computer presentation as a slide by teacher and student;

2) Electronic textbooks;

3) Electronic dictionaries, encyclopedias;

4) Fragments of virtual lectures;

5) Work with the test program.

There are many computer programs that help English language teachers and learners in mastering English.

Computer training programs have many advantages over traditional methods of learning. They allow you to train different types of speech activity and combine them in different combinations, to help understand the language phenomena, form a linguistic abilities, to create communicative situations, language and speech to automate actions, and ensure the implementation of an individual approach and intensification of independent work of students.

Computer maximum approximates the process of teaching English to the real conditions. Computers can absorb new information in a certain way to handle it and make decisions can store the necessary data, display moving pictures, supervise the work of technical training aids as speech synthesizers, video recorders, tape recorders. Computers significantly extend the capabilities of teachers in the individualization of learning and enhance the cognitive activity of pupils learning English, to maximize the learning process to adapt to the individual characteristics of students.

New information technologies attract students and is one of their main interests. Therefore, the use of information technology in the educational process contributes to the formation of positive motivation. The advantage of using a computer is that it allows to increase the professional level of teachers. Meeting new ICT affects their opportunities offered to improve the educational process and the educational system as a whole. New information technologies being introduced in education, promote the rise of a qualitatively new level.

The modern period of development of civilized society characterizes the process of informatization. One of the priorities of the process of informatization of modern society is the computerization of education - introduction of the means of new information technologies in education.

In connection with the development process of informatization of education changed the scope and content of educational material, there is a restructuring program of academic subjects. Parallel to this process is the introduction of innovative approaches to the problem of students' knowledge-based development and use of complex computer testing, diagnosing control methods and assess the level of assimilation.

The process of informatization of education not only leads to a change in organizational forms and methods of teaching, but also to create new ones.

When teaching grammar - the formation of receptive grammatical skills of reading and listening; the formation of productive grammatical skills mainly writing; control the level of formation of grammatical skills on the basis of test programs; the provision of reference and information support (automated guide to grammar, grammatical errors detection systems).

When teaching vocabulary - the formation of receptive vocabulary skills of reading and listening; the formation of productive lexical skills mainly writing; control the level of formation of lexical skills on the basis of test and game software using visual clarity; vocabulary students.

When learning to read - the skills of establishing correspondences zvukobukvennyh; training technique of reading aloud; improving skills in the art of reading; consolidation of receptive vocabulary and grammar skills of reading; learning to extract from the text of the semantic information of various kinds; Learning different types of text analysis; Learning to self-overcoming language difficulties; control of the accuracy and depth of understanding of the text read.

When teaching listening - the formation of phonetic listening skills; control of the correct understanding of listened text.

When teaching speaking - the formation of phonetic skills of speaking; organization of communication in pairs and small groups, using role-playing games.

When teaching translation - formation of lexical and grammatical skills transfer; control of the correctness of translation.

The main types of work with a personal computer at English lessons can be divided into two groups: the use of training and educational programs on CD and creation of programs in a variety of applications by the teacher with further use in the classroom to explain the material or its processing and verification.

The use of training programs - the most affordable way to use the computer as in the classroom and outside school hours. A variety of multimedia games contribute to the expansion of vocabulary familiar with the grammar of the English language, learn to understand it by ear, how to write. Multimedia features allow to listen to it in the target language, and sound speed control allows you to divide phrases into single words. Using a microphone and automatic control allows you to adjust the phonetic pronunciation skills.

Currently, there are many computer programs that help English teacher and students in learning English. Computer training programs have many advantages over traditional methods of learning. They allow you to train different types of speech activity and combine them in different combinations, to help understand the language phenomena, form a linguistic abilities, to create communicative situations, language and speech to automate actions, and ensure the implementation of an individual approach and intensification of independent work of students.

Great help in teaching phonetics, formation of articulation, rhythm and intonation pronunciation skills, has a program "Professor Higgins." This program can be used during charging phonetic. Sounds, words, phrases and sentences are perceived by students at the hearing and visually. Students have the opportunity to watch the computer screen for the articulatory movements and have hearing right intonation. In the tutorial, "Professor Higgins" presents a large number of training grammar exercises. Working on a computer, each student is studying and pondering the answer as much time as he needs. In the "grammar" of the program "Professor Higgins" has two parts: theoretical and practical.

Checking student knowledge, the program celebrates its successes, as appropriate prompts.

While studying grammar plays an important role of training exercises. In this sense, educational computer programs provide opportunities. This wildcard proposals, proposals with blanks, preparation of quotations from a set of words, the formation of interrogative and negative sentences, etc. Strictly speaking, this is the most common exercises, but the difference lies in the fact that students do not see them on paper and on the monitor. The good news is, and that you can immediately know whether to perform an exercise. Computer program "Professor Higgins" gives students three attempts the task, then the student is offered the right option.

Thus, the computer can significantly increase the motivation and interest of students to learn, since the advantage of programmed instruction is that it allows the student to move in its own convenient pace for him. The transition to the next block of material takes place only after the previous assimilated. In conclusion, we note that programmed learning method using a computer allows to diversify the activities of students, to strengthen attention, increases the creative potential of the individual. That information technology can make the learning process for students personally meaningful, in which he will be able to fully develop their research skills, imagination, activity and independence. No wonder this technology refers to technology of the 21st century. It is obvious that in the near future the study of foreign languages with the introduction of new information and communication technologies in the field of research goes into the area of study and will be widely distributed.

 

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