Online or distance teaching and learning of foreign languages: peculiarities, problems and prospects

Abstract

The process of changing and switching from traditional teaching to e-teaching and learning have been developing over two decades. Since the appearance of huge archives presented on machine-readable media, more and more often the idea arose to use this material for educational purposes. Globally, this all became possible with the development of the Internet, which made it possible to send the required amount of data from one end of the world to another, freely communicate with other network users online and post information on Internet sites, making them available to everyone. In this article we will review and analyze advantages and drawbacks, development and specialties of such education.