Formation of communicative competence of foreign university students through technologies
Formation of communicative competence of foreign university students through technologies

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this research is to reveal the views of foreign students in order to establish their communicative competences through technologies. This research was conducted with the phenomenological pattern, one of the qualitative research designs. Study data were collected through semi-structured interview forms prepared separately for each of the foreign students. The sample of the study consisted of 40 foreign students studying at various universities in Kazakhstan in the 2022–2023 academic year and who voluntarily agreed to participate in the research. Apart from the questions asked to determine the demographic characteristics of the foreign students participating in the research, such as their gender and department of education, two closed-ended and two open-ended questions were asked about the formation of the communicative competences of foreign students. While preparing the research questions, the literature was used and the questions were presented to the experts for their opinions and then took their final form. As a result of the research, the answers given to the question asked about the difficulties foreign students face in communication were complicated language, adjustment problems, loneliness and thinking of doing wrong. The answers given to the question regarding the determination of technology use in the formation of foreign students’ communicative competencies were podcasts, discussion/chat rooms, instant messaging, blogs and wikis and social networks.

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