Computer programs in teaching Russian as a foreign language

The article provides an extensive classification of types and kinds of teaching programs and computer learning materials. The reader will find analysis of programs, their specific advantages being described according to: 1) functional purpose; 2) the way the student proceeds (linear, branching, and mixed); 3) its ability to adapt to personality of a student (adaptive, partially adaptive, non-adaptive; 4) degree of interactivity and amount of multimedia; 5) teaching goal. The author offers practical guidance for choosing best types of programs meeting individual requirements of the students.

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