IMPLEMENTATION OF DIGITAL INTERACTIVE TECHNOLOGIES AND E-LEARNING TOOLS IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TRANSLATORS’ PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCES (On The Basis of Higher Educational Institutions of Kazakhstan)

Year 2018, Volume: 4 Issue: 12, 283 - 292, 28.12.2018

Seri Lazzat

https://doi.org/10.18768/ijaedu.478271

Abstract

The alternations
occurring due to globalization processes have determined the success of
intercultural communication and professional development in our times. Since
there is a necessity to interact with people as from other cultures so of
various professions. Therefore, educators are responsible for an adequate
instruction and as EL teachers we feel our class is the right place to develop
specific abilities and professional skills such as intercultural communicative
competence and professional competence development. Moreover, we should take
into account that the growth of digital, interactive and Internet technologies,
and spread of e-learning and distance education have impacted and reshaped the
EL teaching and learning processes into a new wave. This paper focuses on the
application of digital, interactive, Internet technologies and ICT as effective
tools in intercultural communication and professional training of translators
at higher education institutions of Kazakhstan. Based on some theoretical
considerations, the author shares the most relevant webpages and sites,
e-learning online tasks proposing different activities to develop our learners`
intercultural abilities and professional skills.

This paper discusses
the ways in which technology can be used to create effective, engaging and
relevant activities for our learners as in the classroom so distantly and
virtually. The content will be of interest to anyone interested in using
digital resources and interactive tools to support any form of education,
namely e-learning, distant education or blended learning. The main aim of the
paper is to introduce EL teachers to Internet technologies and ICT tools that
they can experiment with and provide practical ideas for how they might and can
apply these in the classroom and outside the classroom in order to develop
learners` intercultural and professional competences.

Keywords

professional competence formation, foreign language education, ICT in translation, digital resources, internet technologies, e-learning tools, professional competency.

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