Keyword: «dance activity»

Modernization of higher education opens up new prospects for the use of electronic resources in order to ensure the quality of foreign language education. The use of interactive tools (simulators, flash cards, virtual boards) meets the requirements for training programs for specialists involved in choreographing dances and the challenges of the international sports movement. The authors examine the issue of justificating the effectiveness of the use of digital flash cards for didactic purposes in the foreign language interaction of specialists in the field of dance and physical education to improve the quality of their professional training. The purpose of the work is to study the potential of using digital flash cards in the training of choreographers for the development of their foreign language communicative competence. The scientific novelty lies in the fact that the didactic potential of using digital flash cards in foreign-language interaction of choreography specialists is substantiated in order to improve the quality of their professional training. Theoretical significance – the revealed didactic opportunities are supported by foreign language communication when organizing the work of dance groups, when teaching plastic movements, when staging theatrical or variety numbers. The Quizlet online platform is used to work with digital flash cards. The control work contains questions grouped into sections "Computer technologies in dance art" and "Foreign language in communication (the field of dance and physical education)". The study involved 54 third-year students of the Orel State Institute of Culture. Area of training: 52.03.01 – Choreographic art (bachelor's degree level). The χ2-Pearson criterion was used in statistical data processing. The system of working with flash cards in foreign-language professional communication of teachers-choreographers is described: the study of functionality, work with ready-made sets of cards, efficient improvement of vocabulary use, development of original thematic sets. The peculiarity of the program is the adaptation of its content to the specifics of the area of training. Students of the experimental group used Flashcards, Speller, Scatter, Quizlet Live modes in independent work and network collaboration. The authors draw the conclusions about the potential of including flash cards in the training of choreographers: competitiveness and getting positive emotions; resources for self-development. Some difficulties are also highlighted: low initial level of language proficiency and digital skills; different motivation; specialization in dance. The results obtained can be used to update choreographers' training programs, professional development programs, online-courses in dance art.