Archives of Humanities & Social Sciences Research
- ISSN: 3065-3568
Nataliia Tokareva and MarynaTsehelska
A The article analyses the problem of professional support of polylingual personality development in the dimensions of a system-functional approach using digital technologies to teaching English to primary schoolchildren in the conditions of the dynamic modernity.
Purpose: The purpose of the study was to identify the resource potential of the systemic-functional approach to teaching a foreign language (in particular, English) to primary school students with the use of digital technologies.
Research methods and techniques: The research required the study of theoretical aspects of the foreign language learning organization with the use of digital technologies and meta cognitive schemes. In the research process the following theoretical methods were used: the method of psycholinguistic and psychological literature analysis, the generalization of the data obtained as a result of the analysis, the identification and substantiation of predictors of effective English language learning for primary schoolchildren, the formulation of conclusions. The main method of empirical research was the observation method with the recording of quality indicators of learning English as a foreign language and further content analysis of the data. It allowed evaluating the effectiveness of teaching English to children of primary school age in the logic of given realities. The method of semi-structured interviews with the subjects of pedagogical activity was also applied, it allowed specifying the trends of using �?nformation and communications technology (ICT) for teaching English to primary school students. In order to statistically confirm the significance of the obtained data, the method of one-factor variance analysis (Fisher›s φ-criterion) was used.
Results: The logical conclusions of the study allow us to state that the systemic-functional model of foreign language learning in the dimensions of the unstable present is a productive learning tool, which is based on the principle of the target purpose (meta function) of language and appears in language as an integrated whole, that helps to reveal different layers to the subjects of speech meanings and bring to life the grammatical resources of the language. It is appropriate to use digital technologies (primarily ICT) and the projective-recursive technology of working with meta cognitive schemes as predictors of the educational program. In this context, learning can be interpreted as an open evolutionary process of modeling the linguistic consciousness of an individual.
Conclusions: The article proves the optimal developmental effect of the ICT use in the process of learning a foreign language, which allows creating a comfortable educational environment for primary school students. In this environment the specifics of the genesis of the digital subculture children existence, individualizing the architecture of learning and expanding the age limits of meta cognition have to be taken into account. The effectiveness of the research project was confirmed by variance analysis data (at p ≤ 0.05). The obtained results significantly complement the materials presented by the scientific community regarding the trends in the English language learning by primary school students in modern society