EFFICIENCY OF INTERNET TECHNOLOGIES IN ENGLISH CLASSES
Keywords:
information technologies, multimedia technologies, virtual language environment, Internet addiction, distance learning.Abstract
Advantages, disadvantages and ways of implementing Internet technologies in teaching foreign languages are considered in this article. The author points out that the World Web gives students an opportunity of cross-cultural communication that leads to overriding the existing stereotypes and developing socio-cultural tolerance in students. Moreover, the article discusses the role of Internet technologies in developing students’ speech skills and professionally relevant competences.
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