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This article is devoted to the use of special techniques for the development of creative thinking with engineering students using foreign language acquisition as a tool. The process was exacerbated with the COVID pandemic in 2020 through distance language learning. The authors described the use of “linguistic surfing” method as one of the tasks enhancing non-standard thinking while learning the professional vocabulary in the foreign language in a creative way. The results were analyzed basing on the testing interview and opinion survey comparing two groups of students: those who used the suggested educational technique at the process of online education and the students, who studied online without the above mentioned web-related “linguistic surfing” method. The analysis of the received results of the interview showed the efficiency of using of this technique especially for professional vocabulary mastering at the digital environment educational process. The opinion survey demonstrated that the percentage of the students with positive attitude to online transition was higher among those who studied online with the help of the “linguistic surfing” learning technique. The research proved the suggested technique to be effective in enhancing the creative thinking among technical students through web-related task aimed at vocabulary acquisition within the conditions of forced distance format of education.
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Vinogradova, E.V., Borisova, Y.V., Kornienko, N.V. (2022). The Development of Creative Thinking in Engineering Students Through Web-related Language Learning. In: Bylieva, D., Nordmann, A. (eds) Technology, Innovation and Creativity in Digital Society. PCSF 2021. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 345. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-89708-6_71
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