Keyword: «microlearning»

The article presents the results of the study of the scientific and theoretical basis for microlearning-based teaching of foreign languages and foreign language communication. The aim of the study was to determine the specific methodological principles of microlearning and their relations with the fundamental didactic principles and methodological principles of teaching foreign languages. To confirm the relevance of using microlearning in educational organizations, a qualitative analysis of publications was made. The fields under investigation include the microlearning concept, its application in teaching foreign languages, the problem of methodological principles as a part of methodology basis and modern approaches to their classification and systematization, differential, individual, and personalized approaches to educational activities, cognitive-activity-based foundations of learning, and factors enveloping the educational process and related to its participants-oriented essence, as well as mediality, and pedagogical design. Scientometric databases were used to search for relevant publications. As a result of the study, microlearning-based methodological principles of teaching foreign languages and foreign language communication were formulated: the principle of mediality and multi-format microlearning of foreign languages, the principle of spaced repetition and content customized microlearning of foreign languages, the principle of combining synchronous and asynchronous learning forms, the principle of relying on the practice of informal learning of foreign languages, the principle of personalization of a foreign language educational trajectory. Their interrelations with the didactic and methodological principles of teaching foreign languages were also revealed, which allows us to talk about the appropriateness of pedagogical developments based on the hierarchical system of the given provisions and, as a result, the relevance of using this concept in the environment of formal educational institutions. The theoretical significance of this study lies in identifying crucial aspects of microlearning-based teaching of foreign languages and foreign language communication, which have a psychological and pedagogical rationale and determine the conditions and stages of the educational process. The practical significance of this study lies in its potential to improve the effectiveness of training courses, designed to include functional-and-communicative micromodules, foreign language communicative skills development algorithms, and assessment criteria.