Teaching a professionally oriented foreign language and translation in the context of digitalization

Abstract

This article is devoted to the study of the features of teaching a professionally oriented foreign language and translation in the context of the digitalization of the educational process. The relevance of the topic is determined by global trends in informatization and the need to adapt linguistic education to new technological realities. The purpose of the work is to identify the key factors of the effectiveness of using digital tools in teaching foreign languages for special purposes. The research used methods of statistical analysis, questionnaires, and pedagogical experiment. The empirical base consisted of data from a survey of 120 teachers and 450 students of linguistic fields from 15 Russian universities. It has been established that the integration of digital technologies contributes to the increase of students' motivation (r=0.78; p<0.01), the development of their autonomy (d=0.85) and professional competencies (n2=0.74). At the same time, the key factors of effectiveness are the methodological competence of teachers (β=0.81; p<0.001), the interactivity of digital resources (rs=0.76; p<0.01) and the authenticity of educational content (V=0.69; p<0.05). The results obtained contribute to the development of science-based approaches to the digitalization of linguistic education. It is advisable to focus further research on creating comprehensive models for integrating digital tools into the translation learning process.