Keyword: «foreign language training»

Studying foreign languages students are faced with a number of facts, relating not only to the vocabulary, grammar, style, but also to social, domestic or historic area. Learning English includes the variety of aspects. The article deals with the linguistic-cultural aspect as one of the major ones, providing the intercul-tural communicative competence.

the article describes the multimedia catalog of videos in English as one of the effective tools of foreign language acquisition in the educational process of non-linguistic higher education institutions. The importance of information technologies application for increasing the learning efficiency is proved. Stages of working with the educational movie are considered and examples of tasks for promotion of perception and speech activity are given. The advantages of video films are expressed in the fact that the multimedia environment has a high information density. Multimedia lessons are more optimal and effective, as they contribute to a better perception of educational material by cadets, who understand connections and relations of objects of study. Video materials develop cadets' cognitive interest, teach them the ability to generalize, analyze, compare information, activate the creative activities of cadets.

The article presents the results of an empirical study of the significance of digital learning tools in university students’ foreign language training. The authors have established that all digital learning tools can be divided into the following categories: training, simulators, information retrieval and reference engines, demonstrational, imitational, laboratory, modelling, calculational, educational games. Digital resources used in foreign language training are integrated learning tools, i.e. they are simultaneously simulators, educational games, information retrieval and reference engines, training, modelling and other kinds of learning tools. Due to their considerable instructional potential and a variety of ther edifying functions, digital learning tools play a significant role in foreign language training of university students, while their capabilities are rapidly expanding as a result of constant improvement of digital technologies, methods of their application in foreign language teaching and digital literacy of teachers and students. However, at this stage of their development, they cannot fully replace student-teacher face-to-face interactions in the process of foreign language acquisition.

The article presents the results of research on the role and significance of digital learning tools in the formation of media competence in foreign language education of University students, as well as the possibility of their implementation in the process of media education. This process is considered in the article from different angles, which are represented by such concepts as media competence, media culture, and media literacy. The authors also pay attention to changes in pedagogical approaches to the use of technologies in education.

The article presents the aim of Internet-resources in the process of development of foreign-language competence of the students. This phenomenon is considered in the article from different angles in comparative aspect, here is also analyzed types of Internet¬resources, their roles and advantages. The authors also pay attention to changes in pedagogical approaches to the use of technologies in education.