THE ROLE OF ICT IN TEACHING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

The Internet and computer technologies (ICT) widely integrate in educational process. When teaching foreign languages an important place is given to ICT. This situation increases the effectiveness of the classroom work and makes the independent work of students more efficient and motivating students. It also motivates University teachers, allowing them to approach teaching more creatively, offering students tasks that allow to create multimedia content. Electronic educational resources are successfully used in teaching foreign languages in Russian High education. The use of ICT has radically changed the role of the teacher. He is now a guide between the learner and the object of learning who helps students to achieve their learning goals and get the desired results. New computer technologies give the possibility of creating an individual approach and optimize the independent work of students. It reinforces the autonomy of the learner.Students become more independent and more self-confident. ICT promotes professional growth, enriches the content of courses, opens the opportunity to share and to compare their teaching methods with the methods of their colleagues on special forums in the Internet. ICT assumes the use of telecommunication technologies in order to achieve mobility of learning. Using e-mail and forums, teachers and students can receive the necessary consultations, using the time in the classroom more effectively.