Keyword: «foreign language teaching techniques»

The article focuses on the actuality of improving lexical skills in the process of language learning and acquisition at secondary school with the help of using educational web-applications. The concepts of lexical skills and web-application are considered, particular examples of applications are provided. Recommendations for their use in the learning process are given. The authors summarize personal experience and assess practical results.

The article is devoted to teaching foreign languages to students with ADHD (attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder), which is a wide-spread neurotic and behavior disorder at a young age. As long as foreign language teachers face problems in teaching children with ADHD, we discuss characteristic features of children with ADHD, which according to Russian and foreign researchers in psychology and pedagogics, include hyperactivity, distraction of attention, excessive impulsivity, The results of the opinion poll about the peculiar characteristic features of such children, conducted among students of pedagogics, are analyzed, and recommendations are given to teachers of foreign languages regarding the organization of the education process in a foreign language class with students’ personal characteristics taken into consideration. The problems with acquiring foreign language may be made up for by creating a comfortable atmosphere and increasing motivation by means of switching over different activities and using original techniques.