Designing foreign language lessons through media educational technologies
Introduction: the article discusses the possibility of using English-language short films in the process of integration media education with a foreign language course. Materials and Methods: the research was conducted by using the analysis of theoretical sources, observation, questionnaires, qualitative and quantitative analysis of the results, mathematical methods of processing the results of the research. Results: as a result of experimental research, it was revealed that the features of English-language films as a kind of media text and as authentic material in their entirety determine their effective use in the process of integration a foreign language course with media education, as well as the comprehensive achievement of the goals of these educational disciplines. Discussion and Conclusions: the productivity of integration media education with a foreign language course is determined by the commonality of these academic disciplines. Both study areas involve working with information, its analysis, synthesis, evaluation and interpretation. One of the effective means by which you can carry out the process of integrating media education with a foreign language course are English-language short films. Being both an authentic material and a kind of media text, films give the opportunities for the effective integration of media education with a foreign language course, creating conditions for the development of media competence of high school students.