Didactic Potential of Digital Instruments for the Development of Professional-Communicative Competence in Foreign Philology Students

A. Alieva, Baglan; Sadykova, Aida K.; García Laborda, Jesús

doi:10.22055/rals.2026.52366.3844

Didactic Potential of Digital Instruments for the Development of Professional-Communicative Competence in Foreign Philology Students

Document Type : Research Article

Authors

Baglan A. Alieva ¹

Aida K. Sadykova ²

Jesús García Laborda ³

¹ Department of Speech Practice of Foreign Philology, Kazakh Ablai Khan University of International Relations and World Languages, Almaty, Kazakhstan

² Department of Methodology of Foreign Language Education, Kazakh Ablai Khan University of International Relations and World Languages, Almaty, Kazakhstan

³ Filología Moderna– Instituto Franklin, Alcalá de Henares, Spain

10.22055/rals.2026.52366.3844

Abstract

This mixed-methods quasi-experimental study evaluated the effects of digitally mediated instruction on the professional-communicative competence of 90 third-year foreign philology students at the Kazakh Ablai Khan University of International Relations and World Languages. Over one academic semester, the experimental group completed project-based, communication-oriented activities using Moodle, ISSAI KAZ-LLM, AI-YM, ChatGPT, and Grammarly, whereas the control group received traditional instruction. Quantitative pre- and post-test data were combined with qualitative reflections, peer evaluations, and instructor observations. Overall competence in the experimental group increased from 62.4% to 81.7%, an improvement of 19.3 percentage points, compared with a 7.8-point descriptive increase in the control group. Reported within-group tests indicated statistically significant gains for the experimental group across the assessed dimensions (p < .05), whereas control-group gains were not statistically significant (p > .05). The findings support the pedagogically structured integration of digital instruments in blended and hybrid foreign philology education.

Keywords

Digital Instruments

Professional-Communicative Competence

Foreign Philology

Blended Learning

Artificial Intelligence

Task-Based Learning

Intercultural Awareness