Characteristics of the Influence of Digital Technologies on the System of Learning a Foreign Language

Abstract

A foreign language is a subject that involves the creation of an artificial language environment for students, which predetermines the variable inclusion of various digital learning tools in new perspectives for teaching a foreign language. The main purpose of the study is to determine the features of the influence of digital technologies on the system of learning a foreign language. To achieve our goals, we have applied the methodology of functional modelling, which allows us to graphically depict how the process of learning a foreign language can be improved through the use of digital technologies. The world community is gradually but surely moving towards Industry 4.0, which brings new opportunities for various everyday processes. Globalization is massively trying to introduce English into all types of people's activities, but the study of other languages does not stand still and more and more people are striving to learn new types of foreign languages, which is why the chosen research topic is extremely relevant today. Based on the results of the study, a functional model was formed that demonstrates the process of learning foreign languages through the use of modern digital technologies. The study has limitations and is associated with the impossibility of applying the proposed model outside of one country and all languages. Further research needs to expand the capabilities of the functional model and form elements of flexibility in it for use in the study of foreign languages that are very complex in their structure.