THE ROLE OF DIGITAL EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES IN STUDENT LEARNING CHINESE LANGUAGE

Abstract

Background. The trend of digital transformation of society and education provides special opportunities for improving the quality of foreign language teaching in a modern university. Among the wide range of educational resources, the determination of the place and role of authentic digital tools in mastering the Chinese language deserves special attention. Purpose. The objectives of the study are: to substantiate the advantages and disadvantages of using digital resources in the process of teaching a foreign language; in studying the potential of neural networks and artificial intelligence in the conditions of classroom and extracurricular work of students; in analyzing the meaning and ways of using authentic digital tools in the process of teaching Chinese. Materials and methods. The article develops the idea of the special effectiveness of digital resources in the process of teaching a foreign language, and specifies the role of authentic digital tools in teaching the Chinese language. The methodological basis of the study consists of competency-based, sociocultural and environmental approaches. Results. The work selected and systematized authentic platforms and applications that allow optimizing the classroom and extracurricular work of students in mastering the Chinese language, including: Xiaoice; Weibo; QQ; WeChat; Xiaohongshu ect. A theoretical and methodological substantiation of the concept «Digital authentic resources in the process of teaching a foreign language» is presented, which constitutes the novelty of the research. Conclusion. The work argues that the special value and educational potential of using digital resources and tools in the educational process is associated with the possibility of creating a natural sociocultural language environment. The selection and systematization of authentic digital tools is implemented in the context of the main aspects of the language being studied: hieroglyphs, phonetics, grammar and vocabulary. As a promising direction of research, it is proposed to determine the place and role of authentic digital means in building individual educational routes for the successful learning of a foreign language, including Chinese.

Keywords

• digital educational resources
• digital educational environment of the university
• chinese language teaching
• authentic applications and platforms