CURRENT ISSUES OF TEACHING FOREIGN LANGUAGES

Abstract

This article discusses topical issues in the study of a foreign language. At present, the need of people from different countries and nationalities in intercultural communication is growing. The teaching of foreign languages in secondary and higher educational institutions cannot remain traditional; there is a transformation of the education system as a whole, including language education. At the present stage of development of society, the process of intercultural communication takes on new forms: a variety of electronic means of communication are widely used - e-mail, skype, voice and video communication, social services and much more. Teaching foreign languages in the era of globalization has its own characteristics and problems: first of all, it is a change in the content of teaching a foreign language, methods and means of teaching in accordance with the requirements of modern society.