Application of wiki technologies in the formation of grammar skills of language students

Abstract

The article is devoted to the problem of teaching the grammatical side of English at the initial stage of university education. The formation of strong grammatical skills ensures full-fledged speech interaction, and therefore is one of the most important tasks in teaching foreign language communication. Of particular importance in the process of forming grammatical skills is the use of distance learning technologies, which take into account both the specifics of speech, as well as the age characteristics of students. The research describes the methods of using wiki technologies in the formation of grammatical skills of students. The properties and functions of wiki technologies in teaching foreign languages are determined: publicity, non-linearity, the possibility of accessing the history of document creation, multimedia, hypertext structure. The didactic properties of wiki technologies became the basis for the development of an algorithm for the formation of students' grammatical skills in distance learning. The set of students' grammatical skills formed on the basis of the use of wiki technologies is formulated: productive and receptive grammatical skills. Three stages of grammatical skills’ formation are distinguished. The strategy of forming students' grammatical skills is implemented during wiki projects, which involve their structured stages: familiarization with the essence of the project method; Internet discussion on the topic "Ensuring safe work on the Internet. Netiquette"; discussion of the algorithm for the implementation of individual and group Internet projects; training work on platforms; studying grammatical material using online platforms; discussing the topic of the project; studying of the requirements for the implementation of the project and its design; search work; individual and joint work of students in the project; creation of a written statement of the established sample on the online platform; assessment by students of participation in project activities, self-assessment and reflection; evaluation by the teacher. The methodological structure is described in the projects: "Etiquette of verbal communication in English", "Youth English slang", "History of English words". Projects generalize and systematize students' grammatical skills, their skills in spelling, punctuation, stylistics, language culture. It improves the students’ ability to perceive and create texts. Research and creative wiki projects give a teacher an opportunity to choose the optimal way of teaching students grammatical structures based on competence and person-oriented approaches. The development of exercises’ sets for the formation of other language mechanisms functioning in the grammatical aspect of speech can be considered as promising directions for further research of the problem.