Stavytska, Iryna VasylivnaKutsenok, Neonila MykhailivnaYamshynskaya, Nataliia ValentynivnaKryukova, Jelyzaveta Serhiivna2023-06-212023-06-212023Non-formal education in teaching english as a foreign language at technical university / I. V. Stavytska, N. M. Kutsenok, N. V. Yamshynska, Ye. S. Kriukova // Педагогіка формування творчої особистості у вищій і загальноосвітній школах. - 2023. - № 86. - С. 260-264.https://ela.kpi.ua/handle/123456789/57411Education is always developing and changing following the needs and requirements of society. According to the forms, education is divided into formal, non-formal and informal, which in turn have both similarities and differences but imitate one main goal to obtain knowledge, skills and abilities for further development of a highly educated and competitive personality in the global space. Earlier education had only a formal direction of content and control of the acquired knowledge: laws, programs, tests, control of knowledge, exams, tests, etc. With the beginning of the digital era, it became possible to diversify education, make it more interesting and use various online platforms for additional activities to increase the level of knowledge, skills and abilities. The official educational system in Ukraine is formal education, which a person can receive both in public and private educational institutions to provide educational services. Non-formal education does not provide an opportunity to obtain qualifications according to the educational levels of the state standard but makes it possible to deepen one’s knowledge, improve skills and abilities and receive the diploma, the certificate of completion of courses, seminars, distance courses, webinars, etc. Informal education is attending lectures, watching videos, reading scientific literature, communicating with colleagues and like-minded people, etc. According to the Law of Ukraine on Education, a teacher can choose the form and structure of teaching that he/she considers the most effective: advanced training courses, lectures, or online platforms, and it depends on the students how much they will combine formal and informal learning and work on self-improvement. University teachers conducted research to combine formal and non-formal learning to find out how effective the introduction of non-formal education into the educational process is and to evaluate all the advantages and disadvantages. The experiment was conducted among students of the Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute who study English as a foreign language. The pilot study involved four groups of respondents, the total of 76 third-year students of the Research Institute of Mechanical Engineering and the Faculty of Chemical Engineering of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute. A research methodology was developed and two control and two experimental groups were formed. The teachers conducted a survey among students to find out the level of foreign language competence, offered such online platforms as Coursera and Prometheus for students of the experimental groups, tested all types of speech activity (listening, reading, speaking and writing) and conducted a comparative analysis of the results of control and experimental groups. After the experiment, the teachers of the university took into account the advantages and disadvantages of non-formal education for further improvement of the educational process. The methodology of formation of foreign language competence through non-formal education activities has been developed and diagnostic tools for assessing the levels of formation of foreign language competence have been substantiated. The criteria, indicators and levels of development are identified.enformal educationnon-formal and informal educationforeign language competencetechnical universityEnglish languageexperimental datacriteriaforeign language for specific purposesформальна освітанеформальна освіта та інформальна освітаіншомовна компетентністьтехнічний університетанглійська моваекспериментальні данікритеріїіноземна мова професійного спрямуванняArticleС. 260-264https://doi.org/10.32840/1992-5786.2023.86.46372.7:810000-0001-7111-00880000-0002-0518-36570000-0003-4915-01410000-0002-7408-9584