Experience of using the zoom platform for organization foreign language distance learning at university

Abstract

The article deals with modern means of information and communication technologies that are used in the process of language training of students in higher educational institutions. What are the specifics of distance learning a foreign language at a university? Its main feature is the mediated nature of telecommunications communication teacher-student and the associated limited opportunities for their interpersonal interaction, on the other hand, it is this form of education that allows for the maximum activation of students ’independent work, which is especially important in the context of university education, as the future specialist should be able to independently organize their cognitive activity. The system is viewed through the prism of the model technology acceptance model, which allows you to analyze how students accept and use technology in their teaching. The main aim of this article is to study the effectiveness of using the Zoom platform to prepare useful lessons to improve the success of students studying foundation of foreign languages by distance mode at the university. We would like to share our analyze the experience of using the Zoom virtual platform in the process of organizing distance learning from the point of view of the students. The article presents the results of students’ surveys that illustrate the perception of students in terms of the usefulness and ease of use of the utilized software. The article pays particular attention to the estimation of the main characteristics and didactic capabilities of the Zoom virtual platform for organizing distance learning foreign language classes at a university. The article draws conclusions on the advantages and disadvantages of the software, describes the stages of work and offers methodological recommendations as well as lists the main difficulties that teachers and students at Simon Kuznets Kharkiv National University of Economics have encountered in the course of language education.