The use of educational technology platform Edmodo as the way of developing foreign grammar competence of high school student

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of foreign language grammatical competence in high school. The article describes the concept of “competence”, the main components and components of foreign grammatical competence, the concept of “blended learning” and the role of information and communication technologies during English lessons. Particular attention is given to the Edmodo educational and technological platform as the effective tool for the formation of foreign language grammatical competence in high school students.

Blended learning and its definition have been studied in this article. The options of blended learning for facilitating homework and for providing “at home” or “outside-the-lesson” support for students have been explored. The area of the focus is Edmodo itself. Reasons for choosing it as a platform for assigning and facilitating homework have been suggested. Moreover, a description of how it functions has been provided along with reasons for providing benefits to the students that would deal with the problems of “traditional” homework. Those benefits are expected to fulfil the needs of high school students, enhance their motivation, and improve rapport between a teacher and students. Motivation and its connection to homework has been covered in the following article. The impact of homework on students’ motivation for learning and vice versa, and whether students need motivation in order to complete their homework have been examined