48734 Teaching Methodology in Higher Education Вопросы методики преподавания в вузе 2227-8591 15 Synergy effect of the students’ pair and team work in the process of preparation for multimedia presentation Синергетический эффект парной и групповой работы студентов при подготовке полимедийной презентации 0000-0003-0081-0604 57190289370 AAG-9777-2020 Dashkina Alexandra wildroverprodigy@yandex.ru Fyodorova Alexandra Ya. wildroverprodigy@yandex.ru Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University 30 12 2013 2 16 113 121

The synergy effect brought about by mutual cooperation of students with different levels of language mastery in the process of preparing a multimedia presentation is described in the article. The stages of work on presentation and the results of the students‘ survey unveiling their attitude towards this kind of group activity are set forth. Mastering the information is more efficient because the material is presented repetitively in an audiovisual form.

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