Teaching english at higher schools by means of e-platforms under conditions of quarantine

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Дата
2020-03
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Петльована, Лілія Леонідівна
Суховецька, Світлана Володимирівна
Шадура, Валентина Анатоліївна
Petliovana, L.L.
Sukhovetska, S.V.
Shadura, V. A.
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Класичний приватний університет
Анотація
This article covers the problem of teaching English at higher schools by means of e-platforms under conditions of quarantine. Schools and universities across the globe have already closed in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. As a result, teachers are suddenly faced with the challenge of how to continue their students’ education. While this might seem a daunting task, there are several ways teachers can utilize the technology and resources already available to support online learning and ensure students still receive a quality education. It’s important to note that there is no one size which fits all when it comes to learning. Different groups have different priorities and the resources that should be used are context-dependent. However, teachers should take some comfort in the fact that there are hundreds of online resources to guide them as to how to teach online. Designing effective distance learning programs requires planning and targeted professional development. Teachers who did not expect to teach online were caught understandably unprepared in the final leg of the academic year. The present article focuses on such e-platforms as Moodle, which has been used at our universities since 2008 and has a great importance in teaching English at an appropriate level, Zoom and Skype, which are currently being used in order to provide interaction and communicative activities representative of specific professional or academic environments. The convenience of learning from a distance from the comfort of one’s home or from any location where one happens to be and having access to teachers and native speakers around the world are some reasons for the popularity of these online resources for language learning. Other reasons might be the mostly free service, availability for major computer platforms, the reliability of the service, the relatively good quality of audio and video if used with a broadband connection, and also its ease of use. Moodle provides a collaborative medium, a place where we can all meet and read and write. Zoom allows you to connect with students using an interactive video conference platform. Skype also allows screen sharing, which means that the teacher or students can show Word documents, slide presentations, or websites on their screen to the other participants in a Skype session or explain something.
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DOI https://doi.org/10.32840/1992-5786.2020.70-3.34
Ключові слова
e-platforms, distance learning, teaching English, interaction and communicative activities, Moodle, Zoom, Skype
Бібліографічний опис
Petliovana L. L. Teaching english at higher schools by means of e-platforms under conditions of quarantine / L. L. Petliovana, S. V. Sukhovetska, V. A. Shadura // Педагогіка формування творчої особистості у вищій і загальноосвітній школах : зб. наук. пр. / [редкол.: А.В. Сущенко (голов.ред) та ін.]. – Запоріжжя : КПУ, 2020. – Вип.70, т. 3. – С. 185–190.