Transaction from informative technologies to convergent ones: basis for students' forming foreign languages communicative competence

• Published in: Journal of physics. Conference series Vol. 1801; no. 1; pp. 12040 - 12044
• Main Authors: Nekrasova, T N, Popova, O V, Sukhova, E A, Mashlykina, N D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: IOP Publishing 01.02.2021
• ISSN: 1742-6588; 1742-6596
• DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/1801/1/012040

Information technologies became an important part of our life and education. Traditionally, these technologies are mastered in the general education course of informatics and are applied in the wide range of disciplines study in both primary and in higher education. At the same time, recently there were significant changes in the technological sphere, which also affect the education. In particular, an important area of development is "Smart education and e-learning", their possibilities are being intensively studied all over the world. However, the most significant changes in the sphere of information technology are the process of traditional technologies convergence and the technologies new quality formation: convergence of material and information technologies, convergence of information and cognitive technologies. Convergent technologies largely determine the priority areas of the society socio-economic development. This gives the reason to talk about the expediency of their development within the framework of general education. Modern trends in the modernization of educational programs require the application of teaching a foreign language modern methods. Converged technologies play an important role in foreign language teaching and are one of the best teaching tools. The use of convergent technologies is effective in increasing the level of teaching a foreign language, developing the students' creative abilities in foreign language classes.