The Processes of Informatization and Digitalization in the Linguistic Education

Abstract

The article considers the main processes in modern education – informatization and digitalization as one of the directions of modern education modernization. Digitalization, as one of the dominant areas of development of the modern economy, has also been reflected in the field of higher education. Being one of the most important part of society, the digital environment of higher education leads to significant changes in the educational process organization as well as in its content. The description of information resources of the digital system of foreign language education (computer training programs, electronic educational resources, Internet capabilities) is given. The main digitalized instruments for linguists are identified: databases, archives, Internet resources, dictionaries, encyclopedias, etc. Their main feature is full plainness and free of use. The information is being constantly updated in all electronic resources as well as the main information communication technologies (ICT) are being updated. The practical significance of the article consists in the ability of ICT and Internet resources can speed up and simplify the research work of linguists.