Open AccessAPPLICATION OF GOOGLE IN INDEPENDENT WORK IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING OF OFF-CAMPUS STUDENTS
Author(s) -
Ekaterina A. Kupriyanycheva,
А. А. Филиппова
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
teoretičeskaâ i prikladnaâ lingvistika
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2410-7190
DOI - 10.22250/2410-7190_2018_4_1_24_31
Subject(s) - foreign language , work (physics) , mathematics education , psychology , structuring , pedagogy , medical education , computer science , engineering , medicine , political science , mechanical engineering , law
The current article aims at offering a solution for the problem of structuring self-study activities of off-campus students studying a foreign language. It should be noted that the work with the off-campus students is specific as far as it is determined, first of all, by the deficit of classroom hours (from 8 to 16 hours of classroom work on the whole) spent on developing practical skills. This makes it impossible to work out all the necessary materials, as they do at the full-time department. The largest amount of student's work passes into the category of independently performed under the distant supervision. In addition, the off-campus students have different levels of foreign language knowledge and skills because students in such groups vary in the age rather considerably. The age category 35+ is usually most vulnerable as far as those university students finished their secondary school education a long time ago and have not practiced the foreign language for a long time...