Edutainment In Teaching Efl At The Higher Educational Establishment Of Russia

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to create a theoretical framework of modern educational technology edutainment and its tool TED-talks to use in the EFL classroom at the higher educational establishment in Russia. The applied methodology was based on the literature review, by analyzing the studies of various foreign and Russian researchers, scholars, and their contribution to the field of edutainment. It allowed us to analyze, describe the relevant aspects of the concepts, and highlight the main features which are essential while teaching EFL in the classroom using this educational technology. TED-talks were reviewed in the framework of edutainment; thus, a set of exercises was designed as an example of the implementation of TED-talks in EFL class to develop listening skills. The provided questionnaire with the students of second and fourth year who are bachelors in the teaching languages of Kazan Federal University indicated the importance and relevance of adding TED-talks to the classroom.