Distance learning of English to students of technical specialties

this article discusses distance learning of English for students majoring in technical specialties. The relevance of the topic is the lack of the required amount of time allocated for studying English in lectures at universities of technical specialties. Students who are not linguists experience a large number of difficulties if they do not have additional information resources, including a lack of distance learning technologies. The purpose of the study is to establish the fact that information technologies are of great help in mastering the material that students learn while studying a foreign language at faculties of technical specialties. The article sets the following objectives: to conduct a survey of students of a technical university; to analyze the results; to prove the importance of using distance technologies in studying English by students of technical specialties. When writing the article, the following methods were used: theoretical, analytical, discussion. In order to assess the effectiveness of using distance technologies in English lessons, a pedagogical experiment was conducted. A survey was conducted at the Moscow Technical University in order to improve distance learning of English for students. The survey involved second- and third-year students. It was found that distance learning has a positive effect on the learning of English by students of technical specialties. The article provided recommendations from students regarding testing: adding more materials on theory; creating an opportunity to work on their mistakes; creating more interesting tasks for students; adding video lectures.

distance learning, English, technical specialty, student, knowledge, distance technologies, traditional methodology