A methodological model for teaching English phrasal verbs using chatbots

Importance . Digital technologies and information and communication technologies have become a part of the modern educational process. Of particular interest to contemporary researchers is the use of artificial intelligence technologies in the process of teaching and learning foreign languages. This research examines the possibility of using chatbots to improve the efficiency of teaching English phrasal verbs in the “Foreign Language” course at a technical university. The purpose of the study is to develop and describe a methodological model for teaching English phrasal verbs using chatbots. Materials and Methods. The creation of the model has been preceded by an analysis of the prerequisites that determine its necessity; in particular, the requirements of the Federal State Educational Standards for the specified area of training, the needs of the government and society in the training of highly qualified professionals with a good command of a foreign language are studied, as well as the existing contradictions between the language teaching potential of phrasal verbs and insufficient attention to their study in the system of language training at the university are identified. The system-based, competence-based, student-centered, communicative-cognitive and content and language integrated learning approaches have been chosen as the methodological basis of the model. Results and Discussion. A methodological model for teaching English phrasal verbs to students of a technical university enrolled in engineering programs is described (using the example of the undergraduate program 09.03.01 “Informatics and Computer Science”). The proposed model is a system consisting of several components that include an objective, theoretical background, a technological component (teaching methods and techniques, learning materials, content, conditions of learning, forms of teaching and a step-by-step teaching algorithm), assessment and learning outcomes. The model is based on the following didactic principles of teaching phrasal verbs using artificial intelligence technologies: individualization and differentiation, digitalization, active learning, motivation, accessibility and feasibility, and methodological principles: communicative teaching, teaching in context, situation-based and theme-based teaching, and interactive teaching. Conclusion . The proposed model for teaching English phrasal verbs using chatbots contributes to more effective mastery of the language and the development of speaking and writing skills in technical university students.