Features of organizing extracurricular unsupervised work in a foreign language in a mixed format at a non-linguistic university

The purpose of the study is to determine the features of organizing extracurricular unsupervised work (EUW) in a foreign language in a mixed learning format and the prospects for increasing its effectiveness. The authors have considered modern approaches to designing unsupervised student’s work in the context of digital transformation of education and the problems faced by the participants of the learning process. Within the framework of the study, at the end of the 2022/2023 academic year, a survey of 200 students from various fields of study in the Moscow Polytechnic University was conducted to identify the students’ assessment of EUW organization. The scientific novelty of the study lies in the consideration of specific features in EUW design and organization in the emerging reality of digital education environment in a mixed format of FL learning as well as in an attempt to optimize it. As a result of the study, it was found that digital learning environment requires developing new approaches to EUW organization; students positively assess the organization of EUW and demonstrate a conscious responsible attitude towards EUW as a significant factor in successful completion of a foreign language course; there is a request for assignments directly related to solving professional problems or modeling professional activities.

extracurricular unsupervised students’ work, perception, foreign language, mixed format, nonlinguistic field of study