THE USE OF BLOG TECHNOLOGIES IN TEACHING FOREIGN LANGUAGES

Abstract

The researcher discusses the possibility of introducing blog technologies into the educational process in teaching foreign languages, in particular Russian as a foreign language, and also analyses different classifications of blogs types. The ways of introducing blogging technologies into the modern educational process are being studied. The components of blogs as a virtual space and methodological potential of blogs are analyzed. The advantages and disadvantages of using blog technologies in the educational process are considered. The article examines the benefits of using blogs in writing practice for improving students writing skills. The classification of educational blogs of Soviet scientists and their methodological potential is also discussed in detail. The research concludes that the implementation of blogging technologies in the educational process can increase the level of proficiency in a foreign language, namely Russian as a foreign language, and can be the most effective way to make the student’s foreign language communicative competence as well as to carry out worldwide intercultural communication.