Smart Technologies in Foreign Language Students' Autonomous Learning

Abstract

The article deals with the issues of FL students' autonomous learning organized with the help of Smart technologies. The authors suggest methodological approaches to implementation of computer-based technologies in FL higher education and pre-requisites for integration of computer and communicative competences. Interaction is viewed as a key factor of enhancing motivation, intensification of the teaching and learning process and improving the results of autonomous work. As an example of Moodle-based instruction the authors give a chain of tasks aimed at developing the skill of using the Sequence of Tenses, which is a specific feature of the English language. The article also contains the results of a pedagogical experiment aimed at evaluating the efficiency of Smart technologies for grammar competence development.