Timeline as a Means of Digital Representation of Theoretical Material*

Abstract

The article depicts the use of Timeline innovative online technology based
on the theoretical course "The History of the English language" or "Lingua countrystudy" for students of linguistic specialties. Often in studying theoretical courses
modern students have difficulties with tasks related to understanding the cultural
and historical context, establishing causal links between historical and linguistic
phenomena, remembering social and cultural events. Timeline technology is a
description of the sequence of events that occurred in chronological order. This article
describes how to use Timeline technology in classrooms, from creating a particular
Timeline to testing it in the learning process. In the research given examples and
tasks have been analyzed besides the effectiveness of improving theoretical knowledge
of the 2nd year students using the platform moodle.enu.kz was detailed. At the end of
the course, a survey was conducted in this platform and determined that the Timeline
technology contributes to the effective solution of problems, such as the boring
presentation of theoretical material, the difficulty in perceiving the authentic text of
the old-English period, meets the requirements of
distance learning, and moreover is aimed at creative-cognitive and communicative
learning of foreign languages.