Teaching Foreign Language Professional Communication using Augmented Reality Elements

Abstract

The article deals with the analysis of the possibilities of AR-technology application for the development of foreign language professional communication skills when students learn a foreign language (on the example of German). The advantages of using AR-technology in this process are defined, namely: the possibility of involving different channels of information perception, the integrity of the representation of the object under study, and detailing its individual structural elements if necessary, more efficient acquisition of the domain terminological vocabulary, and the development of foreign-language communicative skills. It is shown that QR codes can be easily and affordably used to retrieve information about the object of study from public internet sources. The use of AR elements in the process of learning a foreign language, in the form of virtual excursions, is proposed. The results of a survey of students after the virtual excursions are presented. The technological and didac tic requirements for organising vocational foreign language studies using AR-technology have been determined.