English proficiency is one of the key factors that influences both the academic life of engineering students and their future career. The application of foreign language teaching podcasts with students of technical universities lacks empirical exploration to support their use. The present paper gives a brief review of scholarly literature published from 2007-2018 on effects of podcasts in foreign language learning that showed that there is not sufficient research on the benefits of using professional podcasts in foreign language study of future engineers. A series of 10 professional engineering podcasts covering "Electrical Engineering" topics were used to improve future engineers' English language competence. The pedagogical experiment has been conducted on the basis of the State Agrarian and Engineering University in Podillia, Ukraine. We collected data from 50 first-year students of the Mechanical and Engineering Department, who were learning English as a foreign language. It is concluded in terms of assessing engineering student performance that the qualitative indicators of students' listening and speaking skills after using professional podcasts are fairly good. This study recommends university teachers to integrate profession-based podcasts with students of technical universities to improve student listening and speaking, to provide participants of the education process with new vocabulary, to encourage the interaction with engineering community and independent student learning outside the classroom.
Students' EFL learning experience in the rural context is poorer in comparison to urban quality of education. More than 70% of students at the State Agrarian and Engineering University in Podillia are from rural areas. To reduce rural-urban disparities in academic learning the university teachers should use high-quality instruction techniques that can make the process of studying both effective and motivating. The traditional methods of EFL teaching no longer satisfy the needs of modern society. Hence, technology applications need a theoretical foundation based on experimental surveys to determine the strategies for effective EFL learning. This research paper was conducted to examine the possibility of utilising such MALL technology like Quizlet in improving EFL learners' vocabulary acquisition. A brief review of scholarly literature published from 2005-2019 on Quizlet implementation in foreign language learning showed that there are many studies on the benefits of using Quizlet in EFL vocabulary acquisition. However, the research papers on the principles and strategies for adequate Quizlet-based learning in Ukrainian higher educational institutions are still lacking. Pre-and post-experimental questionnaires, pre-and post-experimental tests were adopted as tools for data collection. The results of the experiment have proven the proposed hypothesis. After utilising Quizlet and using spaced repetition technique for vocabulary learning to prepare undergraduates to state English exam, the results proved that the learners of the experimental group improved their level of EFL vocabulary at the post-test.
Педагогічні науки : теорія, історія, інноваційні технології, 2017, № 5 (69)
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