Ekaterina A. Percevaya

The modern educational environment is under the influence of major changes related to the digitalization of society and the emergence of new technologies such as neural networks and artificial intelligence. The study of artificial intelligence and the analysis of its positive and negative sides is one of the most promising areas for the development of pedagogical science. This is due to the growing importance of information technology and its widespread introduction into modern human life. The aim of the study is to analyze this transformation, identify the advantages and disadvantages of using artificial intelligence in the process of the English language learning. The main task is to conduct an experiment aimed at proving the influence of artificial intelligence on different age groups of students based on Howe's generational theory, which is popular today. Various methods have been used to conduct research and achieve more accurate scientific goals and results. Firstly, the analysis of foreign and domestic literature on this issue to confirm and build hypotheses describing the place of artificial intelligence in the field of education and in the process of learning English. Secondly, a scientific experiment was conducted, which included such research strategies as observation, collection and analysis of empirically obtained data. After conducting the experiment and evaluating its results, it was proved that it is necessary to make changes to the educational process when teaching English in order to increase the effectiveness of learning it. To integrate the latest technology into the educational process in order to turn the negative aspects of using neural networks into positive ones is also necessary. The scientific novelty of the study lies in identifying differences in the strategies used by Generation Z and Alpha students to work with artificial intelligence when completing English grammar tasks. The study demonstrated that lower performance in the presence of familiar vocabulary is associated with perceiving the task as routine and using simpler prompts, while the lack of the vocabulary is compensated for by making more detailed requests to the artificial intelligence. The theoretical significance of this study lies in substantiating the influence of artificial intelligence on different age groups of students within the framework of generational theory. The practical importance lies in the fact that the results obtained will help transform the educational process, make changes to it that will improve the effectiveness of teaching English through the competent introduction of artificial intelligence technologies.

There are many entertaining virtual technologies in the modern world, computer games being one of the realities without which the young generation cannot imagine their life in today's constantly evolving space. Computer games provide new opportunities for modifying the educational process in order to optimize and modernize it. For this purpose, it is necessary to look for new learning tools that will help to make the process of acquiring knowledge, skills and abilities more productive and significantly increase the motivation of students. Computer games can be used in this case, as they are able to display real situations to users and immerse a person in a virtual world, where it is necessary to solve a number of communicative and situational tasks. The study of this aspect today is extremely relevant, primarily because the history of computer games is not great. This topic is considered by many researchers, but the impact of computer games on different spheres of life, including learning, is not sufficiently studied and, for this reason, gives extensive opportunities for further research. The aim of the study is to prove through a practical experiment the assumption that computer games of non-educational nature can serve as a tool for independent work to improve the communication skills of students studying English in non-linguistic universities. This research used the following methods: theoretical – analysis and generalisation of scientific works and literature on the problem under consideration, pedagogical experiment, mathematical – statistical processing of the research results. The results of the experiment clearly show the effectiveness of using computer games as independent work for students. Listening skills improved by 6.2%, and reading ones by 8.7%. The experiment proved the results of introducing and using computer games in the educational process to be successful. The theoretical significance of the research lies in the detailed analysis of the concept “gamification”, its main classifications, as well as in the examination of computer games functions. Practical importance is represented by a number of methodological recommendations for the introduction of computer games as a tool for independent work into the educational process. The effectiveness of using this tool in learning English is proved by the results of the experiment.

Today, the educational environment of Russian universities is in demand not only for students from Russia, but also for students from other countries. In this regard, teachers face a number of new and important tasks in organizing the educational process taking into account psychological and cultural characteristics of foreign students. Nowadays this problem is extremely relevant because in the process of integration and interaction of cultures there are a lot of people who speak two languages and have the right to be called bilinguals. The purpose of this study is to analyse and classify bilingualism, to study it in detail as a factor influencing the educational process, especially the study of foreign languages. The following methods were used to conduct this research: theoretical – analysis and generalization of scientific works and literature on the problem; empirical – observation, survey (questionnaire), pedagogical experiment; mathematical – statistical processing of the research results. Taking into account the data of the conducted sociological survey of students from different countries, the article analyses and studies in detail the concept of ‘bilingualism’, provides a detailed classification of its varieties. The factors contributing to the emergence of bilinguals in today's society are presented and the importance of studying this phenomenon in relation to modern trends in education is explained. The categories of bilingual students and peculiarities of teaching foreign languages to all these categories of students on the basis of higher education institutions are also studied. The term ‘bilingual consciousness’ is proposed and it helps to designate a person who speaks several languages. The practical significance of the work consists in revealing a number of problems faced by bilinguals in getting higher education in general and in learning foreign languages in particular, as well as the advantages they can have in learning, and, consequently the most favourable educational environment of a higher educational institution for bilingual students is characterized and the necessity of its formation in a modern educational institution is explained. A comprehensive study of the “bilingualism” concept based on the theoretical explanation of the term and practical understanding obtained through a survey of bilingual students is made in the paper for the first time.