Kristina Torgomyan

The paper demonstrates the findings of the experimental study into the efficiency of blended learning when teaching English for Special Purposes to students applying miscellaneous online tools and platforms in the teaching process, as well as analyzes how best to apply these methods and techniques to achieve success and engage students in the lessons with more beneficial and interest-provoking activities.The study was conducted among first-year students studying in their bachelor’s degree program, during the first semester by previously testing their initial knowledge of English via a diagnostic test and later, after some lessons held, a set of formative assessments (tests) were carried out to discover how effective blended learning was and if they improved their knowledge after the installation of this learning modality.The results showed that the knowledge improved and increased substantially in the experimental group where blended learning methods were applied, while the control ...

The purpose of the present paper is to analyze and draw certain conclusions of Content Based Instruction (CBI), its main scope and usage, especially the analysis of scaffolding strategies and methods being applied in the Business English teaching process as a type of CBI.

ONLINE ASSESSMENT of StUDENTs' foreign language competence: MODERN TECHNIQUES AND METHODS Introduction. The paper demonstrates the findings and results of a qualitative and quantitative study into the adoption of online technology and platforms during lessons and their influence on the ways of formative assessment. The teaching and assessment methods and techniques used during the lessons which were conducted completely online due to the COVID-19 pandemic have been studied, investigated and presented. The paper targets to identify the lecturer's formative assessment techniques and discover its implications and opportunities for lecturers, teachers and educators. It shows some literature review and presents the author's own methods and techniques of formative assessment. Many possibilities to create online tests and methods of assessment have been further studied and websites and methods which proved to be effective during the online teaching and assessing have been recommended to be employed during knowledge assessment. Assessment is essential due to its strong influence on learning processes. Assessment is at the core of formal higher education1. Methods and techniques of learning and teaching should be assessment-centered so that learners have a chance to prove their emerging skills necessary for enriching and enhancing their learning way.