Arab World English Journal (AWEJ) Special Issue on CALL Number 7. July 2021 Pp. 390-405
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.24093/awej/call7.27
Information Technologies in the Formation of Foreign Language Grammatical
Competence While Teaching a Language for Specific Purposes
Bohdana Labinska
Department of Foreign Languages for the Humanities
Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, Ukraine
Liubov Zenia
Department of English and German Philology and Translation
Kyiv National Linguistic University, Ukraine
Kvitoslava Matiichuk
Department of Foreign Languages
Bukovinian State Medical University, Ukraine
Corresponding Author: matiychuk@bsmu.edu.ua
Oksana Danylovych
Department of Foreign Languages for the Humanities
Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, Ukraine
Received: 5/6/2021 Accepted: 7/13/2021 Published: 7/26/2021
Abstract:
information technologies grammatical competence The current study aims at demonstrating the effectiveness of the virtual learning environment Moodle in the formation of English language grammatical competence of students during their independent work. The study had a quasi-experimental research design with a pre-test and delayed post-test. It was carried out at the Faculty of Law of Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, Ukraine. The participants were fifty 3rd-year students of specialty “International Law,” who took part in the survey voluntarily during the fall semester of 2020-2021. The core question of the research is whether this learning tool is effective in forming students’ foreign language grammatical competence. Based on the results of the study, the researchers demonstrate the benefits of studying through the electronic system Moodle. Students increased their ability to understand grammatical constructions in professionally oriented texts. To conclude, the findings obtained in this study can be implemented both in online and blended learning for university students during their independent work while working over English for Specific Purposes.
Keywords: electronic system Moodle, English for Specific Purposes, grammatical competence, independent work, International Law students, professionally-oriented texts
Cite as: Labinska, B., Zenia, L., Matiichuk, K., & Danylovych, O. (2021). Information Technologies in the Formation of Foreign Language Grammatical Competence While Teaching a Language for Specific Purposes. Arab World English Journal (AWEJ) Special Issue on CALL (7). 390-405.
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.24093/awej/call7.27
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