THE USE OF LMS MOODLE IN TEACHING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE TO POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS IN THE CONTEXT OF BLENDED AND DISTANCE LEARNING

Abstract

The paper is devoted to the role of electronic educational resources in teaching foreign languages during a postgraduate course. The authors investigate the interactive tools of using virtual educational the platform MOODLE that contribute to the cross-cultural professional communicative competence obtained by future scientists. The main features of MOODLE system are described in terms of approbation of the author’s on-line educational course, key characteristics of the system are given, the main conditions of the organization of educational process are revealed and the operating procedure of the platform MOODLE concerning career guidance of post-graduates is offered.

Keywords

• lms moodle, blended learning, distance learning, foreign language, postgraduate course, competences