IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF A FOREIGN LANGUAGE DISTANCE LEARNING AT A UNIVERSITY

Abstract

Due to the total forced transition to online education because of the pandemic, the improvement of online teaching methods, has become the most relevant issue in universities, since the remote format has to be used with depressing regularity. The purpose of this article is to find ways to improve distance education, a foreign language, in particular, since the webinar format poses new challenges for both students and teachers: as they have to master new skills and learn to apply them in new situations, moreover students must study a larger amount of material independently. To this end, a study was conducted at the Faculty of Finance of Financial University using an online questionnaire of students of the 1st–2nd years, the task of which was to identify weaknesses in the format of distance education in general and opportunities for improving the methods of teaching a foreign language online. The results of the study helped understand the existing problems and search for opportunities to improve the remote learning format. The scientific novelty and practical value of the research lies in focusing on the quality of distance learning and identifying factors that can improve the effectiveness of online classes, such as the need to further develop students’ self-learning skills, the ability to work in a team and improve computer literacy.