Digital and ICT literacy skills as one of the key competences of future foreign language teachers

Abstract
The aims of this paper are to share the results of the action research of the future foreign language
teachers’ digital and ICT literacy skills development and to demonstrate the opportunities for their
development while pre-service teacher training process with the focus on the courses of Methodology of
foreign language teaching and Practical course of foreign language as well as other positive practices. The
authors present the results of comparative analysis of Ukrainian and American educational programmes
for future foreign language teachers as for their opportunities to develop their digital and ICT literacy
skills. The article discusses the digital and ICT literacy skills use in learning and teaching as an important
component of future teachers’ training and a contribution to the university education quality and the
employability of university graduates. The projects which influenced the action research elaborating
are described. The results of three surveys are presented. The post-action-research stage is described as
the one influenced with students’ and teachers’ participation in projects alongside with the extremely
increased use of ICT in the conditions of the pandemic.