PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF INTERACTIVE PROGRAMS IN STUDYING ENGLISH AT THE UNIVERSITY

Abstract

Modern information and communication technologies provide broad opportunities for students to develop additional skills and abilities compared to traditional means. The use of information technology significantly increases the role of the computer as a didactic means of teaching, presenting the material in a special way and impact of teaching. Modern society requires the highest practical skills of foreign languages not only in communication but in professional sphere. The article describes using the interactive computer program Hot potatoes at individual learning of English language by students of chemical specialties. In recent years, much attention has been paid to students' individual work in the educational process, including the study of foreign languages. Some examples of exercises of five blocks of the program, the purpose of which is the diversity of students' work and implementation of teacher‘s creative ideas are given. The use of interactive exercises in the classroom contributes to the intensification of the educational process of learning, increasing the motivation of students, more successful and meaningful assimilation of educational material, and also allows you to combine a foreign language, computer skills and mental activity. The use of both forms of telecommunications and the resources of the global Internet in the educational process contributes to the development of cognitive activity of students and the achievement of the main goals of teaching a foreign language.