Keyword: «digital learning environment»

Teaching geography in a hospital school has some difficulties caused by the specific rules of the hospital. The article presents features of geography lessons in the hospital school. It is also presents the problem of creating a digital learning environment at the geography lessons and the using of various online-services that help to make grading more carefully.

The relevance of the research is determined by the need to find effective methods for developing listening skills in international students studying Russian as a foreign language (RFL) in the context of the digital transformation of education. Traditional training packages are limited in their ability to respond promptly to the communicative practices and interests of the young people, who actively use social media. The TikTok platform, with its high motivational potential and microlearning format, represents a promising but methodologically under-explored tool for developing listening skills based on a linguistic and cultural component. The aim of the article is to theoretically substantiate and experimentally test the effectiveness of the methodology for developing listening skills within the framework of an integrated approach to teaching RFL through the integration of an educational TikTok project and Google Forms tasks. The leading method was a pedagogical experiment involving 30 international A2 level students, divided into a control group (CG) and an experimental group (EG) of 15 people each. The experiment included three stages and lasted three months (12 lessons). Open examination materials from St. Petersburg State University (Listening section, A2 level, maximum score – 150) were used for diagnostics. The reliability of the results is ensured by independent expert assessment. The initial diagnostic confirmed the comparability of the groups (CG – 60.1%, EG – 61.0%). The final diagnostic recorded a significant progress of the EG, which was taught using the developed methodology. The average score in the EG reached 115 points (76.7% completion), while in the CG it was 97.3 points (64.9%). The increase in the EG amounted to 22.7 percentage points, in the CG – only 4.8 p.p. The obtained data are statistically significant and confirm the effectiveness of the proposed methodology. The theoretical significance lies in clarifying the scientific understanding of the implementation of an integrated approach to the development of listening skills in a digital environment, as well as in systematizing the linguodidactic potential of TikTok. The practical significance consists in the development and testing of a reproducible methodological model, including an algorithm of student work, a system of tasks with a linguistic and cultural focus, and diagnostic tools that can be integrated into the practice of teaching RFL.

The article examines modern approaches to developing students’ listening skills in the context of digital transformation of education. The pedagogical potential of authentic podcasts and short video materials is substantiated as effective tools for improving listening comprehension. Special attention is paid to the cognitive characteristics of modern adolescents, whose perception of information is shaped by digital media and short-format content. The study describes a three-stage model of working with audiovisual materials, including pre-listening, while-listening, and post-listening stages. The results of a pedagogical experiment conducted in the 9th-grade classroom are presented. A comparative analysis of traditional audio materials, podcasts, and short videos is carried out in terms of their impact on students’ motivation, engagement, and speech activity. The findings confirm that the integration of authentic audiovisual content enhances listening comprehension and stimulates communicative competence development.