Scientific journal
Научное обозрение. Педагогические науки
ISSN 2500-3402
ПИ №ФС77-57475

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BLENDED LEARNING AS A FORM OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING IN TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY

Evseeva A.M. 1
1 Tomsk polytechnic university
The article considers blended learning as a form of educational process organization combining electronic media with established classroom-based activities. The author features the etymology of the term “blended learning” and investigates various definitions of it given by different foreign researchers. The integration of blended learning into the teaching process of higher educational establishments provides a number of advantages both for teachers and students. The most essential advantages of blended learning are the following: openness and flexibility of structuring the course and delivery of the material, implementation of personal individual approach, possibility of feedback among teacher and students, development of learner autonomy, increase of students’ motivation for foreign language learning, and others. The most common challenges when integrating blended learning into the educational process include the need of creating electronic resources, the necessity of teachers’ further training, poor technological literacy among teachers and students, financial and time expenditures, and others.