Framework for enhancing digital competence among philology students

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https://doi.org/10.46502/issn.1856-7576/2025.19.04.7

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digital competence, students of philological specialties, digital format of education, methodological approaches, principles of learning

Abstract

The article reveals the content and structure of digital competence. The purpose of the study is to develop and test the developed pedagogical conditions and system for the formation of digital competence in students of philological specialties. The research methodology is based on: a combination of theoretical analysis and experimental verification; comprehensive measurement of digital competence; implementation of pedagogical conditions aimed at the practical application of digital technologies in philological training; statistical confirmation of the effectiveness of the developed model. As a result of the pedagogical experiment, the effectiveness of the developed pedagogical conditions and system for the formation of digital competence in students of philological specialties, which was implemented in higher educational institutions within the framework of professional training of students of philological specialties, was assessed and proven.

Author Biographies

Yuliia Kazak, Pavlo Tychyna Uman State Pedagogical University, Ukraine.

Doctor of Philosophy, Associate Professor, Dean of the Faculty of Foreign Languages, Pavlo Tychyna Uman State Pedagogical University, Ukraine.

Vita Bosa, National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine.

Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Foreign Philology and Translation, National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine.

Natalia Moiseienko, Odesa I. I. Mechnikov University, Ukraine.

Candidate of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor of the English Grammar Department, Odesa I. I. Mechnikov University, Ukraine.

Nataliia Ababilova, Petro Mohyla Black Sea National University, Ukraine.

Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Department of English Philology and Translation, Petro Mohyla Black Sea National University, Ukraine.

Larysa Horbolis, Sumy State Pedagogical University named after A.S. Makarenko, Ukraine.

D.Sc. (Philology), Professor, Professor of the Department of Ukrainian Language and Literature, Sumy State Pedagogical University named after A.S. Makarenko, Ukraine.

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2025-12-30

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Kazak, Y., Bosa, V., Moiseienko, N., Ababilova, N., & Horbolis, L. (2025). Framework for enhancing digital competence among philology students. Eduweb, 19(4), 99–124. https://doi.org/10.46502/issn.1856-7576/2025.19.04.7

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