POTENTIAL OF USING INTERNET VIDEO MATERIALS IN TEACHING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE AT A TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY

The coronavirus-provoked transition of Russian higher education to distance learning has forced teachers to look for effective pedagogical technologies that help improve the quality of education and develop student motivation, including for mastering foreign languages. The given paper is focused on the use of Internet video materials for in-class and extracurricular activities in the process of teaching a foreign language at a technical university. The relevance of the study is determined by the following reasons. First, these days YouTube is the largest video platform in the world, containing millions of hours of educational content. Secondly, in contrast to foreign pedagogical practice that actively uses this video hosting as a teaching resource, domestic scholars have not been studied enough the possibilities of exploiting YouTube at the lessons at Russian educational institutions. We have proved that the systematic use of Internet video materials while teaching future railway engineers contributes to enlarging students' vocabulary with professionally-oriented words; improving listening skills, as well as skills of monologue and dialogic speech; forming stable motivation for mastering a foreign language and desire for after-class self-study to eliminate existing knowledge gaps. It is advisable to use authentic video materials when preparing both General English course for freshmen and advanced course for senior students. Having a plethora of didactic advantages, YouTube still has some drawbacks. In particular, excessive viewing of videos leads to an increase in the eyesight load and students' fatigue. It is also necessary to keep in mind that the correct perception of information may be hindered by the abundance of slang expressions, the blogger's accent, etc. In general, the teacher should choose video for the lesson as thoughtfully as possible and remember that the use of YouTube at foreign language lessons is an auxiliary, but not the key means of presenting educational material.

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