Abstract:

The article outlines some general trends and important achievements in the field of eLearning and appropriate software usage in Linguistics and Translation Studies teaching at Higher Education in Russia. The educators from RUDN University summarize and share their experience, assumptions and advice on the innovative or digital pedagogical methods of Foreign languages teaching.

The article also contains the original research essay. Such recent educational practicies as applying digital, mobile, CALL, online or Blended approaches, integrating any international or local, corporate or individual software in linguistic education (in English Language and Translation Studies) in the Russian Federation - are selected as target research topic and considered within limited time period.

Besides, some new shifts in scientific research of digital software application for language education are identified through collecting and analyzing the big number of Russian academic papers on the official institution's open database available in Russia online.

The random is followed by statistical and content analysis accordingly. Data search and selection criteria, research procedure and steps, findings on the topic and trends, as well as analytical and quantitative methods peculiarities are also briefly exposed.

As a whole, the article could be interesting to international researchers of similar matters in the field of eLearning and any Higher Education teachers in other countries, practicing digital or Blended education in Linguistics and Translation Studies.

Keywords:

e-learning, linguistics, Translation Studies, HE, Russia.