FLIPPED CLASSROOM AS AN EFFECTIVE MEANS OF TEACHING ENGLISH WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF “ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHER” PROGRAMME FOR ADULT LEARNERS

Abstract

The task of the study is to develop the structure of the educational process for the discipline “Culture and Practice of Oral and Written English Speech” within the framework of the Additional Professional Program—the Professional Retraining Program “English Language Teacher”– using the flipped classroom technology as an effective means of organizing educational process in adult learner groups with varying levels of language proficiency, on the basis of the modernized goals of the Russian Education System. The varying initial levels of students’ language proficiency highlight the need to explore methods and tools to optimize the educational process, ensure the implementation of individualized learning routes, and comprehensively develop diverse components of foreign language communicative competence. As part of this study, the flipped classroom method is developed as an effective tool for organizing learning activities in adult groups with varying levels of English proficiency.