Educational technologies in the formation of IT students’ pragma-professional communicative competence in foreign language education

Abstract

This article identifies students’ attitudes towards the implementation of the technologies in foreign language education. The researcher aimed to form IT students’ pragmaprofessional communicative competence in English classes. Educational technologies are considered as a set of interconnected methods, forms, techniques, and teaching materials that aim at the formation of the knowledge, skills, competencies, and abilities necessary for mastering a specific academic discipline. Qualitative research design was selected to collect the data. Likert scale questionnaire was taken from 16 IT students. As a result, the majority of the participants had a positive attitude towards the implementation of the technologies in the foreign language education. Thus, critical thinking technology, flipped classroom technology and interactive learning technology had a significant impact on the formation of IT students’ pragma-professional communicative competence. As a result of conducted research, this data can be used for further research.