Keywords
foreign language competence
communicative competence of doctors
professional communicative competence
postgraduate education
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Abstract
The article is devoted to the peculiarities of using education online resources, their characteristics, relevance and significance for development of foreign language communicative competence in the professional activity of doctors in an international format. We have analyzed online educational resources as strategic tools for the development of foreign language professional communicative competence of doctors, and as a result, we have provided suggestions for their use in English language training of postgraduate medical students in Shupyk National Healthcare University of Ukraine. The analysis of pedagogical, methodical and special literature on the education online resources in development of doctors’ foreign language competence enabled us to single out such education online resources as online courses, tests, immersive technologies, YouTube videos, online dictionaries, digital libraries. We have identified a need to expand support and promotion of less used but potentially useful resources such as specialized language courses and immersion technologies. It is important to organize training and familiarization seminars on the use of immersive technologies in order to raise their popularity among students. Educational videos on YouTube and digital libraries materials can be an important tool for increasing the level of students' foreign language competence. It is necessary to emphasize the availability and usefulness of various Internet resources through constant informational support and counseling students in regard to their use. The analyzed education online resources have a significant potential for developing doctors' foreign language professional communicative competence. These tools develop the professional foreign language communicative competence of doctors due to providing materials in English for professional purposes, making an opportunity to practice communicative skills in various medical situations as well as enabling students to stay aware of current trends in medical research activity worldwide. They motivate doctors to improve their language skills in the medical environment. Our further research will focus on the study of barriers to the implementation of education online resources and the reasons for their limited use in order to offer ways of improving the quality of doctors’ foreign language professional communicative competence by suggested education online resources.
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