DEVELOPING STUDENTS’ COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE ON THE BASIS OF STEM EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY: HISTORY AND FUTURE
Keywords:
STEM, ESL, K-12, “The 4Cs”, 21st Century skills, TESOL;Abstract
The purpose of this study is to investigate one of the urgent issues in the field of education: the features of developing students’ communicative competence through STEM educational technology as well as this article reveals the history and future of teaching English in relation to STEM.
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