Innovation in Teaching Multicultural Future Specialists in Kuzbass Coal Mining Region: a Flipped Classroom Approach
In the era of globalization export of education has greatly increased all over the world and the Russian Federation is not an exception. Multicultural classes filled with students of different nationalities, cultural backgrounds and languages put a new challenge before the educators. One of the poss...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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EDP Sciences
2020-01-01
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| Series: | E3S Web of Conferences |
| Online Access: | https://www.e3s-conferences.org/articles/e3sconf/pdf/2020/34/e3sconf_iims2020_04026.pdf |
| Summary: | In the era of globalization export of education has greatly increased all over the world and the Russian Federation is not an exception. Multicultural classes filled with students of different nationalities, cultural backgrounds and languages put a new challenge before the educators. One of the possible solutions to create an equally successful learning environment for all students is applying flipped classroom approach which is connected with the reasonable use of ICT. The article discusses the principles of organization of the flipped class as well as its main characteristics. The authors study the effectiveness of flipped classroom in language learning and describe mobile applications, Internet resources and online services that possess high didactic potential for blended learning. The paper gives the analysis of flipped classroom approach advantages and disadvantages on the results of survey carried out while teaching future specialists in Kuzbass. The outcomes of the study revealed that the main benefit of the flipped classroom approach in ESL teaching is the improvement of students` achievements and therefore their motivation and satisfaction. Among the significant drawbacks of the approach the dependence on technologies and students` reluctance to learn new material autonomously via online resources are mentioned. |
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| ISSN: | 2267-1242 |