ONLINE TRAINING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGES IN MODERN REALITIES OF THE PANDEMIC OF COVID-19

Abstract

The article discusses a concept of “online learning” of a foreign language, its main features, both positive and negative, as well as a number of programs and applications for education using the Internet. The general challenges and difficulties faced by teachers are analyzed and a number of solutions to the consequences of the pandemic are proposed, which imprinted the progress of work and the general psychological state of employees of educational organizations and students. The article concludes that with all the difficulties of switching to a relatively new type of teaching, increasing the frequency of stress disorders from unpredictable circumstances and unusual working conditions, online teaching allowed teaching as a whole to take a turn of evolution and reach the next level of development. New technologies, programs, a restructure of the approach to teaching and to creating a productive atmosphere in the classroom have improved the skills of all teachers who have switched to online work.