Educational technologies in the formation of IT students’ pragma-professional communicative competence in foreign language education

Abstract

This article identifies students’ attitudes towards the implementation of the
technologies in foreign language education. The researcher aimed to form IT students’
pragma-professional communicative competence in English classes. Educational technologies
are considered as a set of interconnected methods, forms, techniques, and teaching materials
that aim at the formation of the knowledge, skills, competencies, and abilities necessary for
mastering a specific academic discipline. Qualitative research design was selected to collect
the data. Likert scale questionnaire was taken from 16 IT students. As a result, the majority of
the participants had a positive attitude towards the implementation of the technologies in the
foreign language education. Thus, critical thinking technology, flipped classroom technology
and interactive learning technology had a significant impact on the formation of IT students’
pragma-professional communicative competence. As a result of conducted research, this data
can be used for further research.