Abstract:
The article elaborates on an interactive approach
to language learning applied in an online EFL classroom. It
presents a new insight into implementing interactive
methods to develop students‟ communicative competence.
In conditions of world integration, the formation of
communicative and life skills is indispensable. Eventually,
such an approach to English language learning in distance
mode is the most accessible way for teacher-learner(s)
interaction to acquire general linguistic expertise and
upgrade specific language skills.
The study results show that an interactive approach
facilitates live communication in online EFL settings,
enhances learners‟ motivation and autonomy, and fosters
quick decision-making reactions. Contemporary computer
technologies offer boundless opportunities for interactive
methods application in the online foreign language learning
context. A skillful instructor is called to masterly plan
computer-mediated classroom activities, creating space to
fully realize each student‟s cognitive and communicative
potential. Students learn to debate, substantiate their
viewpoints, brainstorm ideas, do projects, and work
individually or collaborate in comfortable learning settings.
