Kazakh State Women’s Teacher Training University

A first year student of the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics Egenova Balnur

Leader: Master of Pedagogical sciences, a senior teacher Pazilova B.A.

Using innovative technologies in teaching English

Among the problems, both theoretically and experimentally solved by methodology of foreign languages, communicative competence and the ways of achieving it is one of the most actual problems. Mastering communicative competence in English, not being in the country of the target language is very difficult. Therefore, an important task of the teacher is to create real and imaginary situations to communicate in foreign language lesson, using different methods and techniques. In solving this problem, innovative teaching techniques play a huge role that allow us to give students more complete and accurate information on the topic, increase the visibility of learning and cause aspiration to further I,prove the linguistic.

Innovations in education – these are the elements of the new, which significantly improve the educational process, allowing to get rid of the shortcomings that hinder effective learning and teaching. The main criterion of the value of innovation is its ability to eliminate the defect. If the innovation serves to «decorate», «showing off», «establish», nobody needs it, and its implementation only leads to unnecessary costs of energy, time and money. What can be considered innovative in foreign language education today? The innovations include:

· Innovative equipment;

· Innovative techniques;

· Innovative technologies.

Innovative equipment today is multimedia tools that have become available to teachers and students using the computer, including the Internet. Advantage of multimedia is a high quality picture and sound, availability of appropriate cross-cultural information, the ability to create e-mail groups, teleconferencing, international project – and all this is really possible, and cheap! The use of the elements of innovative technologies such as Internet, social networking sites, cell phones, e-books in teaching foreign languages suggests an active position of the learner in the process of learning. A new kind of cognitive activity excludes passive acceptance of information.

We are living in a world in which changes are happening so quickly. Let’s consider the world which we live. People are creating 2000 websites every hour. They are uploading 35 hours of video every minute and watching 2 billion YouTube videos every day. Teenagers have average 1000 Facebook friends. They connect with people 1000 miles away. They consume, produce, communicate and share information in unimaginably ways. They truly are the children of globalized world. In South Korea schools are switching to a digital text books. So students can study anytime and anywhere with online hours recognize school attendance. In Denmark students using Internet while taking exam can access any site they like even Facebook as long as they don’t message each other or using mail. Learning can happen anywhere and everywhere. That is why some Australian schools pushing learning beyond school walls where internships with local organizations are the fundamental part of each students learning plan. Distance learning programs are connecting seriously disengaged students with online learning communities and personal mentalities to help discover their love for learning. These examples point the ways to ensuring that tomorrow’s workers, parents and citizens are more creative problem solvers, better communicators and lifelong learners. To make sure that change happens on a massive scale we need to make big changes. That is why teachers are creating online sites for learning supported by interactive; constable updated digital resources structured around students’ and teachers’ needs. Today 90% of Kazakhstan educational organizations are using e-learning. At present moment in average 18 school students can use one computer. 98% of schools and 97% of rural area schools have the connection to the internet. So, almost all school teachers can use Internet resources at the lessons.

Now Internet provides all kinds of media that a student can access with a single click. Not only that, mobile technology has even produced a new kind of learning called mobile learning, learners lean on the go wherever they are and whenever they want. What is English on Mobile? English on Mobile enables you to speak fluent English in various formal and informal situations. Students can now learn English on their mobile phones whenever and wherever you want and at your own pace!

In 21^st society the dominance of conventional, linear text of the last few centuries is eroding and quickly giving way to multimodal communication, with a screen-based, non-linear, and visual emphasis. With the advent of eBooks, students can not only read content electronically but produce interactive written work of their own, complete with images, audio and video, and interactive hyperlinks. Collaboration is more possible than with simple word processing, and student work can be shared with anyone via the Internet, allowing students to create content for classmates and others.

Using social networking sites in teaching English. The more a person reads, the more effectively he will write. Writing blog, paragraphs, essays and stories can be implemented. This will improve one’s standard of writing as it is a process of creation and not a mechanical production. In Facebook, writing on the wall is one special feature. This enhances a person’s writing skill and helps a learner to establish a healthy rapport with one’s peers. The instructor can also tag pictures and ask students to comment on it. This will sharpen their observation skill and critical thinking. There are many Facebook activities dedicated to help language learning:

1) Groups and pages. Facebook has lots of groups and pages that can connect your students to other English learners and offer them free practical lessons to help with all aspects of English learning.

2) Practice posting the status. Students can practice simple English by posting things that are happening to them, which is a great way to practice speaking in the first person.

3) Connecting to English speaking friends. Facebook is the perfect place to communicate with the native speakers and also to continue practicing your student’s English! They can talk to people and get instant responses back, so it is a time effective way of learning.

4) Change your student’s default language to English. Facebook has a spell checker, so if your students’ set their default language to English, it will correct their spelling mistakes! This can also help them to improve their vocabulary as your students get to find out new words that may not have known before.

The organization of the activities with the use of innovative technology may seem difficult but if we do it step it should be easy. We should define an appropriate task, determine the final outcome, and identify language skills and strategies, teach the students to use these all elements of innovative technology to learn language. This work demands a lot of hard work from the teacher and the students; nevertheless, the final outcome is worth the effort.

References:

1. Delafosse S. 21^st century education. The ASB Unplugged Conference in Mumbai, India. 2010.

2. «Государственная прграмма развития образования РК на 2011-2020», Астана, Акорда от 7 декабря 2010 года.

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В статье рассматриваются современные инновационные технологий и их использование на уроках английского языка.

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