The Problem of Interactive English Language Learning in the Distance Mode

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.