THE SPECIFICS OF THE WORK OF A FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHER WHEN ORGANIZING CLASSES WITH STUDENTS IN REMOTE MODE
Over the past few decades, there have been changes in the process of teaching foreign languages in the field of higher professional education. The role of the teacher in these changing conditions is still leading, but it is transforming in accordance with the latest conditions. Productive changes in innovative forms and methods of working with students have occurred due to the rapid growth of information and communication technologies that redistribute information and the associated form of distance learning. This article discusses the specifics of the work of a foreign language teacher in organizing classes with students in a remote mode. The relevance of the chosen topic is due to the fact that global changes caused by the spread of coronavirus infection have led to the fact that in March 2020 all students of higher educational institutions were transferred to the distance learning. The author considers the main competencies that a teacher needs to work using online technologies, namely: technological, pedagogical and organizational. Remote work with students means not only excellent computer literacy of the teacher, but also a high level of knowledge in the field of educational psychology. As a result, based on the practice of teaching, a number of recommendations were formulated that contribute to improve the quality of the teacher's work in the distance mode of teaching of a foreign language. Among the main ones we noted: the possibility of personal contact with the students (by email and telephone), the ability to use multimedia correctly, to know the features of perception of information in online mode through video communications and others.