Interactivity in digital teaching of a foreign language (on the example of Don State Technical University)

Don State Technical University, 344003, Gagarina sq., 1, Rostov-na-Donu, Russia

^* Corresponding author: rgalina@inbox.ru

Abstract

The article discusses the issues of methods of teaching a foreign language using digital technologies, taking into account their development in the Rostov region on the basis of the Don State Technical University. Attention is focused on the creation of information and educational environment at the university and the features of such an important didactic property of digital learning as interactivity. The types of interactivity, their differentiation, functioning, and interaction in the educational process are considered in detail. The authors observe such directions of digital education as blended learning, distance learning, and mass public on-line courses. To create a digital medium, the university organized a digital portal SKIF. The authors describe this portal and its opportunities for distance teaching. The advantages of digital education in comparison with traditional ones are noted, and the problems of transition from reproductive to creative-problematic type of teaching a foreign language are considered. The authors also note usage of gamification and augmented reality in the digital educational process.