An experimental study of the effectiveness of digital technologies in teaching foreign languages to students of Russian universities

Abstract

The article is devoted to an experimental study of the impact of digital technologies on the effectiveness of teaching foreign languages to students of Russian universities. The relevance of the topic is due to the growing role of digitalization in the higher education system and the need to find optimal methods for integrating digital tools into the language training process. The purpose of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of using digital technologies in teaching foreign languages to students based on empirical data. During the experiment conducted in the 2022-2023 academic year on a sample of 120 students from three Russian universities, the methods of questionnaires, testing, and statistical analysis were used. The results showed that the use of digital technologies (mobile applications, online platforms, multimedia resources) It contributed to an increase in the level of students' language competencies by an average of 23% (p<0.01), as well as an increase in their motivation and involvement in the educational process. A positive correlation was found between the intensity of the use of digital tools and the dynamics of language skills (r=0.68; p<0.01). The data obtained confirm the effectiveness of the integration of digital technologies into language education and open up prospects for further research in this direction.