ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF DISTANCE FOREIGN LANGUAGE TRAINING IN NON-LINGUISTIC HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

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