Global digitalization requires changes in all spheres of human life, including education. Modern trends lead to the introduction of various innovative technologies into the educational process, including gamification, which provokes changes in approaches in order to train a new type of teacher. The stability of society and its future development largely depend on the quality of its preparation. In the context of the general digitalization of education, a future teacher must have certain digital skills that underlie digital literacy for successful professional activity. The purpose of this study is to describe an effective experience in the formation of digital skills by the classification of three groups and three levels when using the elements of gamification in teaching future teachers. In the work, general scientific methods were used: analysis of theoretical sources, collection of information, comparison, generalization, questionnaires, and the study of the products of educational activities of students. The study confirmed the effectiveness of the identified conditions for the successful formation of three groups of digital skills among students of educational institutions of higher and secondary vocational education, which showed an increase in their academic performance in the process of studying the disciplines under consideration and the level of their digital literacy.

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The global spread of coronavirus infection has paralysed the work of many areas of economic, business, and, of course, educational activities of almost all countries on the planet. Unfortunately, Ukraine is no exception and a quarantine regime has been introduced in this country. The way out of the current situation in education in Ukraine was the introduction of distance learning in all educational institutions, which created new challenges for both teachers and students. The purpose of the paper was to study information technologies, tools and methods of learning that can be used for distance learning in educational institutions under quarantine. As a result, authors analysed world practices in ensuring the educational process within the framework of distance learning. The advantages and disadvantages of distance learning technologies for both higher education institutions and higher education seekers were identified.

PEDAGOGICAL SCIENCES

The article deals with the approaches of researchers to define the content and structure of foreign language communicative competence. A brief description is given to the concept of "foreign language communicative competence" as a key one in the study. The article shows the necessity of forming and improving foreign language communicative competence in a combination of its components: lingual, speech, socio-cultural, compensatory, educational and cognitive competences. The article deals with the problem of foreign language communicative competence structure and formation in the sphere of professional education. The authors of the article trace back the origin of the stated phenomena and follow the process of its development until modern state. The multicultural and international approach to the studying of communicative competence gives the possibility to realize general tendencies and principles of its amplification, to maintain its holistic study. The analysis of foreign experience of studying foreign language communicative competence makes it possible to compare the independent approaches that are implemented in the USA and European countries. Thorough analysis of the communicative competence structure provides the selection of effective means of its formation. The article consider the approaches that address the problem in accordance with the subject and the scope of a particular scientific area: pedagogy, linguistics, psychology, and philosophy. In connection with the conceptual review of modern approaches to teaching foreign languages in higher education, which imply full integration of language and vocational training, the authors give a thorough retrospective analysis of the competence problem of professional communication in a foreign language in the higher education system. The research has shown that the essence of the "competence" concept, its characteristic features, specific peculiarities remain at an intuitive level of understanding. Many questions regarding the terminology of communicative competence concept remain open.