Open online course (LMS-3) while teaching a foreign language to students of economic specialities
Subject. Recommendations for improving the teaching of foreign (English) language to students of economic specialties in the framework of the master's course “Foreign (English) for professional purposes” are presented. Goals. The purpose of the study was to compare the traditional linear approach to teaching and learning with the use of open online-course (LMS-3), to develop recommendations for their effective use in improving language competencies of students of the Institute of economics and management in the following directions: “Innovative technologies of business management” and “Financial planning and control”. Methodology. The fundamentals to this study are the descriptive method including the method of interpretation and generalization, the empirical method (observation and testing) and the experimental method. Recommendations were developed based on the results of the experiment, which was conducted with the first year students of "Innovative technologies of business management" and "Financial planning and control". Results. The analysis and evaluation of the experimental groups’ work during two semesters were carried out. The recommendations on the effective use of open online-course (LMS-3) in combination with the traditional teaching method were developed. The description of “Results of the study using information and the use of open online-course (LMS-3) for teaching a foreign language in an experimental group” and “Results of a study on teaching a foreign language in a traditional group (face-to-face learning) ” were built. Application area. The results of the research can be applied in the practice of teaching a foreign language with both graduate and undergraduate students of all specialties. Significance. The scientific significance lies in the fact that the developed recommendations will allow the teacher to more effectively build the learning process, combining traditional teaching methods and open online-course (LMS-3), which ultimately has a positive effect on the entire learning process