Visualization tools: using word clouds in teaching «Ukrainian as a Foreign Language»

Abstract

The essential role of the Internet has led to an increase amount of the cutting-edge ways, methods and technologies for improving of the approaches of the present-day educational system. Therefore, it’s vital for every higher educational establishment to open up for all foreign students’ vast opportunities to study under the guidance of the well qualified teaching stuff. There many effective as well as exiting teaching / learning approaches that can change the way of organization and delivery of higher education in today modern society. The harnessing the most advanced information and communication technologies, particulary visualization tools, is one of such approaches. In this paper the most common and appropriate ways of using the advanced information and communication technologies for educational purposes have been described. The act that learning Web 2.0 is an emergent phenomenon was declared and explained. The main reason for using Web 2.0 educational tools, particularly visualization tools have been shown and analyzed. As mentioned above, tasks the main problems of utilizing different kinds of Web Space tools have been discussed. The others of this research have also outlined what kinds of benefits we will have after shifting your learning style from traditional to online. They tried to show the positive and negative impacts of the advanced information and communication technologies on language studying process. They paid our attention on the language training of foreigners, particularly medical students. In this response the outers have proposed algorithm of modernizing the teaching of the discipline «Ukrainian as a Foreign Language» is especially valuable, capable of harnessing the visualization tools, in particular word clouds, of the Ukrainian language teaching process to foreign students mastering the medical profession. To comply with the notion that Wordle is used for fast analysis, quick and effective remembering terms, words and active topical phrases; they suggested some exercises and tasks to do on classes.

The usage of quick response codes: evolution and integration in classroom activities in the context of language learning

“…In addition to this, the issue of implementing QRcodes as a component of a modern textbook has been considered, and the relevance of introducing QR-codes into the content of Ukrainian language textbooks has been substantiated [13]; key features of the introduction of mobile learning: perspectives, advantages and disadvantages also have been shown [14]. The essence, functions and specifics of using QR-codes in the educational segment have become the object of analysis by representatives of interdisciplinary directions [15,16].…”

“…Because of the latest technological developments, the ways, in which we learn and share knowledge, are becoming progressively more multidimensional and multiuse. So, noteworthy is that «The essential role of the Internet has led to an increase amount of the cutting-edge ways, methods and technologies for improving of the approaches of the present-day educational system» [16].…”

E-Learning Technologies for Learning Ukrainian as a Foreign Language

“…Ukraine should ensure an adequate level of training, most up-to-date and effective conditions for their studying. Indeed, we consider that «Promoting the most suitable conditions for foreign students' studying, overcoming any language barriers and taking basic language and learning skills is the key task of language tutors'» [2].…”