THE USE OF MULTIMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES IN TEACHING OF A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

Modern information technology is coming closer into our lives. One of the main parts of Informatization of education is the use of information technologies in educational disciplines to enhance teaching effectiveness. In the era of globalization are increasingly in demand professionals with knowledge of a foreign language, whether it is engineers, physicists, economists, programmers, doctors etc. Therefore, the main task for teachers is to prepare students to think creatively, able to apply obtained knowledge and skills, able to argue and defend their point of view in a foreign language. In this respect, the modern teachers and methodologists are developing various interactive teaching methods. Today, teachers of all educational institutions use information and, in particular, multimedia technology in teaching and organizational and pedagogical activities. Use of multimedia technologies is the introduction of effective, high quality educational programs in the educational process by combining different types of educational information. Media usage involves consideration of individual student characteristics, and, motivating him; develops a desire to gain knowledge. Such learning technologies help to develop students cognitive skills, the ability to think creatively and to navigate in the information space. In addition, the information technology greatly helps a teacher in his work. They are: selection additional text and illustrative material, creating cards with individual tasks and supplementary informative texts, creating an electronic database of monitoring, systematization and preservation of personal methodological developments, preparation of reporting documentation, design of educational stands, etc. All these allow to lower costs over time to obtain a better result in the training of students.