Дистанционный курс письменной коммуникации по немецкому языку как иностранному

In: Naučnyj dialog: žurnal naučnych publikacij = Scientific dialogue, Heft 10, S. 324-333

Abstract

The author's project is presented — distance learning course on the Moodle platform
on German as a foreign language in higher educational institution (University Duisburg-
Essen, Germany), the aspect of "written communication." The research urgency is caused
by the fact that the growth of academic mobility in higher education causes the need
to intensify the teaching of foreign languages, at the same time, the development of modern
communications technology expands the possibilities of knowledge transfer and
competence forming. The experience of the e-learning course is described, approaches
to learning and their refraction in the structure of the course are presented: competence,
communicative activity, intercultural. A thematic plan of the course, including the types
of written texts, provided by "the common European framework of reference for languages"
is provided. Special attention is paid to the organization of the thematic units of the
course in accordance with the concept of "backward planning." Criteria for intermediate
and final assessment are identified. Practical significance is determined by the fact that
standards of provision of learning material can be used to create distance and blended
courses on other aspects of teaching foreign languages in higher professional education
of the Russian Federation.