Using web quest technology to organize independent work of students when teaching foreign languages at a university
The article discusses the possibilities of using web-quest technology in the organization of independent study of a foreign language in universities. The article presents different approaches to the definition of the concept of „web quest". The classification of web quests according to different criteria is given. The authors pay significant attention to the description of the stages of working with web quests. The article analyzes the features of working using the web quest technology. The authors distinguish a number of advantages of using this technology in foreign language classes at a university and give an example of a web quest for the formation of foreign-language communicative competence of students of non-linguistic areas of training at the university which they have created. The approbation of this web quest with students of a non-linguistic field of study proved the effectiveness of this technology in teaching a foreign language.