<![CDATA[The development of communicative competence and the maintenance of learner motivation in multilingual classrooms remain persistent challenges in foreign language pedagogy. This study aimed to examine the impact of digital technologies (the online platforms Moodle, ChatGPT, and Grammapp) on the development of communicative competence and learner motivation in German language instruction, in comparison with traditional teaching approaches. The study was conducted using a mixed-methods design, including a quasi-experimental quantitative component (communicative competence test, motivation questionnaire) and a qualitative component of pedagogical observation. The validity of the instruments was ensured by content assessment by experts, and reliability was confirmed by high internal consistency of the scales (Cronbach’s alpha coefficient=0.87 for motivation and alpha=0.84 for the communicative competence test). The study involved 200 students from a Kazakh university, who were divided into two groups: an experimental group (EG) (receiving instruction via an innovative method) and a control group (CG) (receiving traditional instruction). The findings revealed a statistically significant improvement in overall communicative competence (t=10.62, p]]>
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