No 2 (2024)

In the context of the transition of the education system to the digitalization stage, Russian universities are faced with the task of developing and using new digital resources, tools, technologies and models of electronic digital learning, on the one hand, and finding optimal modes for integrating existing didactic systems with new digital platforms, environments, systems and processes, on the other hand. The author developed a methodology for studying university students’ perception of the phenomenon of digitalization based on a multi-level analysis of predictors of the informatization and computerization results achieved by universities. The paper presents the results of a multidimensional predictive analysis of assessments of the conformity of equipment, technologies, devices, gadgets, objects, resources, technologies and tools related, in the opinion of respondents, to the subject areas/processes of computerization, informatization and digitalization based on the author’s system of prognostic predictors – relative indexes of distributed in a two-dimensional array of vertical and horizontal indicators of mutual influence/activity/involvement of objects/resources/processes of computerization, informatization and digitalization assessed by respondents. The main research method was a digital survey, in which 369 students of various training programs of Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia and Admiral Makarov State University of Maritime and Inland Shipping took place. As realized by the participants, the main basis of the digitalization process is the informatization and computerization processes. According to respondents, the computerization, informatization and digitalization processes turned out to be linearly related to each other. However, the study identified nonlinear deviations in bivariate estimates for a number of indicators. In particular, differences were found in assessments of some significant predictors among students of the humanities and communications and technology training programs.

The professional activities of the Arts faculty graduates are largely associated with the promotion of the cultural heritage of the peoples of Russia. This research paper reveals the potential of the discipline “Foreign Language” in teaching values of Russian folk culture to the university students. The purpose of the study is to consider the possibility of using translations of Russian folk songs lyrics in foreign language classes. The Russian folk songs served as a basis for improving language skills and abilities, as well as introducing the students to the national picture of the world displayed in the lyrics, to their imagery and symbolism. The paper outlines three stages of working with the songs, including pre-text, text and post-text tasks. Different types of assignments for each stage are presented. Apart from the development of receptive and productive language skills, the given tasks help analyze the ways of transmitting specific words, images, symbols, lexical and syntactic expressive means by means of the English language. While doing the proposed assignments, the students get acquainted with the rich Russian cultural heritage. As the study has proven, the use of song lyrics contributes to the development of students’ creative abilities, increases their motivation to learn a foreign language, and facilitates acquisition of general and professional competencies of future cultural workers. The assignments presented in the article have practical application and can be used in foreign language classes for students of different academic programmes.