Abstract:
The article deals with the basic concepts, features and principles of distance learning in high school. The developments
in Information and Communication Technologies have made distance education possible in Ukraine. Distance education
offers lots of advantages to people who would like to receive education but who cannot do it for different reasons. The topicality and relevance of distance learning are highlighted in the research. The main emphasis is made on the benefits of
foreign language learning through distance education both for students and teachers. The author emphasizes the use of
an integrated approach to solving the main tasks that are combined in the distance learning system: a set of technologies
with high didactic potential and telecommunication technology; computer-based foreign language teaching, multimedia
technology and methods of intensive foreign language teaching. the main advantages of distance learning of foreign languages in non-linguistic higher educational institutions are identified: time saving, absence of the problem of classroom
facilities, use of electronic learning materials and e-control of knowledge, greater mobility, the ability to show creativity,
and the destruction of stereotypes about classroom learning
