Integration of digital educational resources in teaching English in non-linguistic universities: economic aspects and pedagogical effectiveness

Abstract

The study is devoted to a comprehensive analysis of the integration of digital educational resources into the English language teaching system in non-linguistic universities of the Russian Federation. The relevance of the topic is due to the contradiction between the growing demands for language training of specialists in the context of globalization and the limited resource provision of language education in non-linguistic universities. The aim of the research is to develop a scientifically based model for integrating digital resources into English teaching, ensuring an optimal balance between economic efficiency and the quality of educational outcomes. The methodological basis of the work was made up of systematic, competence-based, and economic-pedagogical approaches. The empirical base includes data from a pedagogical experiment conducted in 2021- 2023 with the participation of 842 students and 73 teachers from 17 non-linguistic universities of various profiles. The research used methods of quasi-experimental design, content analysis, peer review, statistical analysis, and economic modeling. The results of the study demonstrate significant correlations between the type of digital resources used and the dynamics of language competencies (r=0.78), identify the optimal ratio of traditional and digital learning components (38%:62%), determine the economic parameters of the effectiveness of various models of digital resource integration (ROI from 117% to 203%). The practical significance of the research lies in the development of an economically sound model for the phased digital transformation of language education in non-linguistic universities.