LUMIO BY SMART IN DISTANCE LEARNING: A CASE OF EFL VOCABULARY LEARNING

The article validates the possibility and efficiency of implementing Lumio by Smart as a smart learning technology to teach EFL (English as a Foreign Language) in distance learning. The objectives of the current research are to investigate the linguodidactic potential of Lumio by Smart in teaching EFL, to describe the algorithm of teaching vocabulary via Lumio by Smart, and to check the effectiveness of the devised algorithm. The article provides examples of the practical application of Lumio by Smart in a case study of vocabulary learning. The methodology was tested on the EFL students of the Bachelor study program in Civil Engineering implemented by Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University in the year 2021. The methods of this research include both theoretical (assessment of the key pedagogical principles of smart technology integration, systematization, categorization and generalization of facts and concepts, survey data analysis) and empirical ones (methodological algorithm development, a set of experiments: educational and control, evaluation of educational outcomes, questionnaire). The result of the educational experiment indicates that the average level of vocabulary knowledge has increased, which confirms the hypothesis of the research on the effectiveness of Lumio by Smart as a tool in teaching vocabulary in distance learning.