Improving the quality of education based on the use of public resources (experience in foreign language teaching)
Modern socio-cultural situation is characterized by a significant increase in interest in new information technologies, including in the field of pedagogy. The article studies characteristics and functions of electronic educational resources in the framework of foreign language teaching. However, at the moment remain virtually unexplored possibilities of electronic periodicals, podcasts and blogs to improve the quality of language education. The advantage of reading English newspapers is that can help students to recharge simultaneously their vocabulary and learn interesting news. Vocabulary in these news reports reflect the current state of the language, and contain up to date information. Podcasts allow you to listen to or watch educational materials on the computer, tablet or smartphone, easy to create and use of the network and in the classroom, develop creativity and technological competence of students and teachers. Blogs in a foreign language perform the information and communication functions. Thus, the electronic educational resources help to ensure that all components of the educational process, receive information, practical lessons, control of knowledge, contribute to the development of communicative competence, hence, improve the quality of education in general.