Interactive methods of training for enhancing communication of IT-professionals

¹ Dmytro Motornyi Tavria State Agrotechnological University, Department of Foreign Languages, Melitopol, 72312 , Ukraine
² Bogdan Khmelnitsky Melitopol State Pedagogical University, Department of Informatics and Cybernetics, Melitopol, 72300 , Ukraine

^* Corresponding author:tasimonenko@ukr.ne

Abstract

The paper deals with the issue of enhancing communication of IT-professionals using interactive training methods. It is emphasized that this problem is urgent for IT-education, which has the quickest rate of the content change, formation of new knowledge fields, shift in types and volumes of communication and interaction. Regulations, guides and qualifications frameworks of European countries and Ukraine in terms of requirements to communication of specialists in different fields have been analysed. The concepts of interactive teaching, interactive teaching methods and activities, and their advantages have been studied. It has been noted that interactive methods can be successfully used in teaching general and special subjects for future IT-professionals. Main peculiarities of certain interactive teaching methods have been described. Some practical ideas of the project method, brainstorming, the gamification method, the debate use in the educational process with the focus on the English language at higher educational institutions for enhancing better communication of IT-professionals have been presented. It is emphasized that the meticulous combination of interactive methods and preparation fosters comprehension at the sufficient level both in use of language aspects and in live communication.