Formation of Schoolchildren’s Media Competence in the Process of Learning a Foreign Language
The article reveals the features of media education as one of the most promising areas in pedagogy at the present stage. The author gives a definition of media education, a brief analysis of the experience of foreign and domestic experts in the history, theory and methodology of media education. The possibility of forming media competence as a result of the educational process by means of school subjects, namely through means of foreign language, is considered. The methods and techniques that can be applied by the teacher in foreign language lessons to achieve the desired level of media competence of schoolchildren are determined.