The Implementation of educational technologies in foreign language teaching and learning process to improve speech competences in the context of higher education

Аннотация

Huge improvements in information and communication technologies are leading to the rapid change of our world. As the Earth becomes smaller like a little universe because of globalization, communication through the world becomes more accessible. Modern technologies are affecting all aspects of our life and education is obviously one of those rapid changing spheres. The exponential growth of technology usage in education has a great impact on its further development and has raised the significance of the research on the importance of educa-tional technology. This article aims to explore various benefits of the educational technology usage in foreign language teaching process. The author reveals advantages a number of technological tools which have been widely on the usage by foreign language instructors and language learners. The focus is mostly devoted to describing educ-ational technologies and recent researches for investigating and understanding technology applications in complex real-life settings