The article proposes a research that shows digital technology for developing students’ proficiency in listening comprehension using the offered Internet resources, the created learning site and well-known on-line apps as it is aimed. The research methods has been used to demonstrate the finding of the paper: the questionnaires in order to analyze students’ attitude to learning with sites; tests for getting students’ progress in developing listening competence; Student’s t-test as a statistical method to estimate the results of pedagogical experiment. In general, 88 universities students took part in this research during 2020-2021. As a conclusion we can state that listening competence is less ready to progress. The present research opens the perspectives for further researches of developing English listening proficiency on-line.

Since the early 2000s, the potential of blended learning has been recognized worldwide as a promising trend due to the active technology development and its integration into higher education. Blended learning in higher education is at the development stage, which explains the relevance of research into the problems of higher education transformation through the introduction of technology in pedagogy. This article aims to identify the peculiarities of the higher education pedagogy transformation through the blended learning model. The methodology was based on a statistical, correlational analysis by using The Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS) database containing the survey results of 7,823 educators in France and the Netherlands. Results. The study revealed an average level of teacher preparation for blended learning (50.5%) and preparation for ICT use in student learning (48.4%) components inclusion. A significant level of teachers' professional development of ICT skills was revealed (44% take courses). An average level of teachers' unpreparedness both for blended learning (28.9% not ready, 36.6% not prepared enough) and ICT use in practice was established (30.3% - almost not ready, 34.25 - not prepared enough). A positive correlation was established between the components of teachers' preparation for the blended learning environment and the subsequent passage of professional ICT skills development courses. It means that formal education does not guarantee the absence of the need for continuous professional development and the formation of a wide range of ICT skills. Teachers need continuous professional development and new ICT skills. The research identified a synergy of positive effects of ICT skills professional development (interaction of educators united by common problems related to blended learning, technology, etc.; borrowing new ideas, innovations, and practices during professional development; updating professional knowledge; using active shared learning; integrity of professional development structure). Teachers noted that professional development courses were specifically adjusted to their needs.

The author examines the main characteristic features of degree programmes in Cultural studies taught at Irish universities. The results indicate that the content and research methodology of most analysed programmes are more similar to Ukrainian Culturology courses than to classical Cultural studies. Of particular interest are international and inter-university projects with a comparative analysis of different cultures, as well as innovative interdisciplinary programmes of practical value that have no direct correspondence in the practice of teaching Culturology. In the author's opinion, the idea of replacing Culturology with "more progressive" Cultural studies is unfounded. Coordinating curricula in Culturology with European standards of higher education does not mean giving up national achievements and identity.

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