Т.Ю. Бородина
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Foreign language educational strategies aimed
at generation born in a digital world
© T. Yu. Borodina
Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Moscow, 105005, Russia
The article deals with characteristic features of generation Y grown up in a digital world.
The work examines such features as comfort with new information technologies, kines-
thetic and visual types of perception, feedback-dependence, predilection for entertain-
ment and games, reduced interest in reading books. It is important to understand the na-
ture of this generation and develop new approaches to teaching. We offer modern teach-
ing strategies which engage students in educational process and increase language
learning efficiency of representatives of this generation.
Keywords
: generation, characteristic features, strategies, types of perception, interest in
reading, web-quest, wiki, learning together.
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Borodina T.Yu
., Ph.D., Assoc. Professor of the English for Engineering Specialties
Department in Bauman Moscow State Technical University. e-mail:
