The use of ICT in learning ESP by pre-service teachers of Mathematics in the wartime

Natalia Dmitrenko; Yuliia Koliadych; Liudmyla Melnyk; Oksana Voloshyna

doi:10.1590/1983-3652.2024.47588

Authors

Natalia Dmitrenko Vinnytsia Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi State Pedagogical University, Faculty of Foreign Languages, Department of Methods of Teaching Foreign Languages, Vinnytsia, Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3556-0003
Yuliia Koliadych Vinnytsia Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi State Pedagogical University, Faculty of Foreign Languages, Department of Methods of Teaching Foreign Languages, Vinnytsia, Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8584-6245
Liudmyla Melnyk Vinnytsia Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi State Pedagogical University, Faculty of Foreign Languages, Department of Methods of Teaching Foreign Languages, Vinnytsia, Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4690-2101
Oksana Voloshyna Vinnytsia Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi State Pedagogical University, Science-educational Institute of Pedagogy, Psychology and Training of Masters of High Level, Department of Pedagogy, Vocational Education and Educational Institution Management, Vinnytsia, Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9977-7682

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/1983-3652.2024.47588

Keywords:

ICT, ESP, Pre-service mathematics teachers, Wartime, Professionally oriented english communicative competence

Abstract

The research addresses the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in English for Specific Purposes (ESP) learning by pre-service mathematics teachers in Ukraine. The study aimed to provide theoretical justification, methodological development, and experimental verification of the application of ICT. It aimed to enhance the pre-service mathematics teachers’ professionally oriented English communicative competency (POECC) in ESP learning during wartime. The definition of POECC was based on a scientific literature analysis. The criteria for POECC were motivational, cognitive, operational, and creative, with three levels each (low, medium, and high). The authors developed and tested the use of virtual resources and digital tools in the process of learning ESP. They also provided examples of how ICT can be used in online English classes. The study evaluated the level of development of pre-service mathematics teachers’ POECC before and after experimental training, and analyzed the results of the training. The study confirmed the hypothesis that the development of pre-service mathematics teachers’ POECC level would increase during ESP online learning, even in wartime conditions, if virtual resources and digital tools were used in accordance with the developed educational technology.

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Author Biography

Natalia Dmitrenko, Vinnytsia Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi State Pedagogical University, Faculty of Foreign Languages, Department of Methods of Teaching Foreign Languages, Vinnytsia, Ukraine

Scopus Author ID: 57218665081, ReseacherID: M-3479-2018, https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Ab4_gWEAAAAJ&hl=uk, Doctor of Sciences in Pedagogy, Associate Professor at the Department of Methods of Foreign Languages Teaching, Vinnytsia Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi State Pedagogical University, Vinnytsia, Ukraine. The academic interests are in the field of English for specific and academic purposes, methods of teaching English, autonomous learning, SEL, problem-based learning in teaching English as a foreign language.

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