MOBILE TECHNOLOGIES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROFESSIONALLY ORIENTED ENGLISH SPEECH INTERACTION COMPETENCE IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGY MILITARY STUDENTS
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mobile technologies
English speech interaction
designed mobile application
military students

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N. V. Maiier and V. O. Yukhymenko, “MOBILE TECHNOLOGIES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROFESSIONALLY ORIENTED ENGLISH SPEECH INTERACTION COMPETENCE IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGY MILITARY STUDENTS”, ITLT, vol. 88, no. 2, pp. 115–125, Apr. 2022, doi: 10.33407/itlt.v88i2.4830.

Abstract

The purpose of learning a foreign language by future information systems and technology officers is the development of practical skills to the extent that is necessary for communication in various professional situations. The intensive integration of mobile technologies into the higher education system encourages research of the challenges of their use for the development of professionally oriented English speech interaction competence in future information systems and technology officers. The study describes the officers' survey results regarding their needs in professional foreign language communication. It analyzes the use of mobile technologies (the uniquely designed mobile application "English Speaking Skills", the YouTube channel "Military Speaking Skills in Use" and the group chat "English Speaking" in the Telegram mobile messenger) during experimental training in professionally oriented English communication conducted for information systems and technology cadets and officers from a higher military education institution. The study showed that a specially created mobile learning environment for the development of professionally oriented English speech interaction competence in future information systems and technology officers provides opportunities for interactive communication between all participants of the educational process. It develops speech skills and increases the effectiveness of mastering the specific terminology of the military industry. Further use of mobile technologies (didactic educational material) can facilitate the perception of new information in English, motivate to study, and become a learning tool for the development of practical speech skills in the process of verbal and nonverbal communication of information systems and technology cadets with native speakers.

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