Methodological System for Using ICT In the Process of Integrated Learning in Kazakhstan

Abstract

ICT aided integrated language teaching is a new pedagogical practice in Kazakhstan, introduced to teach trilingual education as well as special language and methodological retraining in a gradually developing multilingual society. This study addresses the problem of applying ICT in disciplinary content and integrated foreign language teaching. The aim of the study was to determine the content of the curriculum and the current state of ICT use in integrated foreign language teaching in Kazakhstan. A survey-based qualitative research methodology guided this study, with a sample comprising 30 teachers and 84 students, both male and female, from secondary general education schools in Zhambyl and Taraz regions. The results highlight the importance of ICT and digitalization in teaching and learning, as it equips school administration, teachers and students to face the challenges of integrated learning. Teachers admitted that ICT enriched their teaching and improved their professional skills. The findings also reveal that ICT contributed in both subject content teaching and language acquisition. This study recommends the correct and appropriate use of ICT in teaching subject majors and a foreign language with the integrated approach. It is hoped that this study would pave the way to develop new programs of integrated learning process and manufacturing of textbooks on the subject, aiming at the formation of communicative competence.