DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OF MODERN UNIVERSITY EDUCATIONAL SPACE BY THE EXAMPLE OF TEACHING FOREIGN VOCABULARY AT A NON-LINGUISTIC INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION

Abstract

The given article introduces a model of integration of mobile technologies into the process of teaching vocabulary in the process of foreign languages teaching at the non-linguistic higher educational institution. Usage of online services and mobile applications in teaching foreign vocabulary is able of increasing effectiveness of memorizing new words, together with developing students’ self-sufficiency and motivation for studying the foreign language. The authors classify the software tools with the basement of the methodical principles, emphasizing and analyzing the most actual digital tools to be used in study at the stages of semantization of the new vocabulary, mastering the vocabulary skills and using the mastered lexical items in speech activity. The article gives a detailed analysis of using online dictionaries, mobile applications, based on the technology of introducing flashcards, as well as mobile instruments for development of the skills of practicing the memorized vocabulary in speech activity. The article is intended for teachers of foreign languages at higher educational institutions. It enables them to evaluate the possibility to integrate digital mobile technologies, actual in the modern world, into the traditional model of teaching.