BLENDED EDUCATION: COMBINATION OF ONLINE AND OFFLINE TEACHING TECHNIQUES IN FACE-TO-FACE LEARNING (ON THE EXAMPLE OF TEACHING ENGLISH)

The present article discusses the possibility of using online and offline methods of teaching (blended learning), their key advantages are proved. The authors claim that such form of learning lets combine the best experience gained in traditional learning with innovative online technologies, which started their active development during the pandemic in modern universities. Blended education is described as a special way of education, which has great opportunities thanks to personalization, orientation to students’ requirements, flexibility and mobility both for teachers and students. The article also considers the application of the elements of blended learning in teaching emotional intelligence, interaction of emotions and dependence of students’ success at the lesson which is often responsible for the final result. This authors share their experience of teaching English to bachelors in Irkutsk State University following blended learning. The article provides some definite tasks and recommendations for introducing a specific type of learning – blended – for linguists. Except definite advantages, the authors also point out some disadvantages such as limitation of face-to-face communication and some technical challenges.