Didactic Possibilities of Mobile Applications to Form Intercultural Competence of Students

Abstract

The current epidemiological situation and the format of distance interaction determine the importance of including digital technologies to form intercultural competence. The problems of obtaining the practice of oral foreign language communication, studying the norms of net etiquette, the rules of ethics in multilingual communication, the mechanisms of word formation are actual. The purpose of the research is to identify the didactic possibilities of mobile applications and purposeful work with m-learning technologies to form intercultural competence of students. The methodology is based on the analysis of scientific literature on the issues of m-learning. The provisions of the communicative-activity approach are taken into account when integrating mobile applications into the subject-subject scheme of intercultural communication. Empirical methods were used (surveys, analysis of the results of working with mobile applications and MS Teams). The effectiveness of the proposed approach was confirmed by a pedagogical experiment, during which educational activities with mobile applications were organized within the framework of a specially designed module. Research results. The authors describe the possibilities of mobile applications for involving students in active group interaction on the project, professional self-presentation and intercultural communication. In conclusion the conditions under which the integration of mobile applications into the educational process will be most effective are summarized: the targeted nature of work with m-learning technologies; collaboration of teachers of various disciplines; conscious participation of students at all stages of choosing and using a mobile application