IMPROVING THE METHODOLOGY OF TEACHING FOREIGN LANGUAGE LISTENING USING MULTIMEDIA AND THE INTERNET

Abstract

The article uses the material of foreign studies to consider the methodology of teaching foreign languages based on the theory of multimodality, and the most effective methods of teaching listening skills used to compensate for the shortcomings of the traditional model of teaching Russian as a foreign language in China. Multimodality is defined as a key characteristic of the reform of foreign language education, which is provided by digital and network technologies that provide teachers and students with the necessary resources and technical means of teaching in modern conditions. In terms of multimodal listening training, students not only acquire the necessary speech and language skills, but also enrich their extracurricular practice, immersed in multimodal authentic Russian content (radio and TV shows, books, poems, songs, TV news, lectures on Russian language and more), join the bilateral exchange of information that ultimately solves the key problem of increase of efficiency of learning – the development of auditory and speech abilities of students.