Using flipped classroom and the “Case study” method in teaching a professionally oriented foreign language to students in non-linguistic training programs in the distance learning setting

Abstract

The paper discusses the technology of flipped classroom and the “Case study” method for the formation of professionally oriented foreign language competence in French among students in non-linguistic training programs. The aim of the study is to form the professionally oriented foreign language competence of university students based on modern technologies and teaching methods, in particular the technology of flipped classroom and the “Case study” method. The paper summarizes the main theoretical provisions of the flipped classroom technology and the “Case study” method, outlines the advantages of their use in the conditions of digitalization of the educational space of higher education, notes the teacher’s role in the learning process involving the specified technology and method. Flipped classroom and the “Case study” method were used to develop a professionally oriented French language course for economics students in the training program “Customs”. The effectiveness of using this technology and method for teaching professionally oriented French was evaluated according to the following criteria: motivational, cognitive, intellectual. The scientific novelty of the work lies in combining the flipped classroom technology and the “Case study” method in the formation of students’ professionally oriented foreign language competence. As a result of the study, the effectiveness of using the flipped classroom technology and the “Case study” method involving information and communication technologies for the formation and development of professionally oriented foreign language competence among students in non-linguistic training programs was demonstrated.