Keyword: «humanitarian areas of training»

The relevance of this study lies in the contradiction between the urgent need to use distance learning technologies in teaching university students and the insufficient number of studies devoted to the problem of organizing such a training. In this paper, the aim was to analyze and summarize the practical experience of teaching a foreign language to students of humanities at a university using distance learning technologies to identify and select the basic principles and methods of the educational process. As a result of the content analysis of literature and sources, as well as empirical research, conclusions were drawn that the organization of the educational process using distance learning technologies requires a radically different approach than the traditional format of training and is based on principles such as personality-oriented learning, individualization and differentiation of educational activities, the formation of higher motivation for learning and self-development of trainees, etc. The main educational technology that allows organizing effective distance learning of a foreign language is the technology of «blended learning», which implies the integrated use of the capabilities of modern interactive digital resources and smart technologies and methods and techniques of teaching speech activities using various video communication tools (Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Skype, etc.).