DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES AS A MEANS OF IMPROVING THE EFFICIENCY AND QUALITY OF THE FOREIGN LANGUAGE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS

Abstract

The article demonstrates the importance that digital technologies have as one of the effective means of improving the foreign language educational process efficiency and quality. This research is carried out taking into account two important trends in the Russian higher education system development ‒ its computerization and the growing importance of language competencies in the Russian university graduate professional portrait structure. To do this, at the beginning of the study, the author identifies the role that digital educational technologies play today in the foreign language training of persons mastering the Russian universities educational programs. This is followed by a story about such an important phenomenon as the foreign language educational process personalization. Further, the place of the means provided by digital technologies is indicated in it. The main capabilities of these technologies are being studied, which allow optimizing the further progressive development of the Russian higher school corresponding segment.