THE PROBLEM OF CHOICE OF THE TRADITIONAL AND INNOVATIVE TEACHING TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PROCESS OF FORMATION OF FUTURE ENGLISH TEACHERS

Abstract

The article presents the results of the scientific research on the choice of effective technologies for teaching future English teachers. Under the concept of «teaching technology» the author understands the sequence of actions of a teacher and a student to achieve the educational goals in the study of the subject, which involves the use of a set of forms, methods and tools for implementing the content of education. The need to find the new teaching technologies is due, on the one hand, to the growing role of digital technologies in searching for information, the emergence of a large number of the open educational resources, and, on the other hand, to the limitations of face-to-face communication because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
According to the author, the active use of digital teaching technologies significantly expands the possibilities of integrating traditional and innovative teaching tools in the process of teaching English. The main task of today’s Philology teacher is the necessity to vary the traditional methods of teaching the language with the modern effective teaching methods. Its realization can be possible mainly through the use of information and communication technologies.
Based on the generalization of the positive experience in the use of traditional and innovative technologies in the process of forming English competence of the applicants for higher education, the author argues that teachers have an extensive experience in traditional teaching technologies, namely: explanatory-illustrative, problem-based, programmed and differentiated teaching technologies. The author proposes a rational integration of classical and modern methods of teaching English in higher education institutions.
The author identifies the didactic and systemtechnical factors that influence on the choice of a particular technology in order to intensify the process of teaching English in the context of blended learning and analyzes the methods and techniques of presenting the new material using the traditional and innovative teaching technologies.