THE WEBQUEST AS A MEANS OF IMPROVING THE EFFICIENCY OF STUDENTS’ FOREIGN LANGUAGE TRAINING OF UKRAINIAN TECHNICAL INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION (BEGINNING OF THE 21ST CENTURY)

Abstract

The possibilities of WebQuest technology to improve the efficiency of students’ foreign language training of Ukrainian technical institutions of higher education at the beginning of the XXI century have been revealed. It has been noted that the opportunity with the help of the WebQuest to involve all kinds of authentic texts (from the text to video material) with professionally-oriented issues helps to increase students’ motivation to study and reach educational goals, provides the possibility to activate their cognitive activities and strengthen their desire for selfeducation. The advantages of this technology for improving students’ foreign language training have been represented. The results of the questionnaire have been provided, which confirm that WebQuest technology gives an opportunity to expand students’ vocabulary on a specific topic, to interest and motivate them to study a particular problem, to intensify the process of studying professional-oriented terminology, to develop students’ foreignlanguage, lexical and socio-cultural competence.