BUILDING DISTANCE LEARNING SYSTEM IN THE HIGHER SCHOOL LANGUAGE DIDACTICS OF UKRAINE IN THE LATE 20TH – THE EARLY 21ST CENTURY (A RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS)

Анотація

The article focuses on the genesis of using distance learning for improving students' foreign linguistic competence. Social
and economic factors are noted to have an effect on building the distance learning system. The regulatory support for the active
expansion of distance-based foreign language training in Ukrainian universities is designated. The competency-based approach
implementation issues are emphasized to be topical in the language pedagogy due to developing distance education. The distance education concept scope is pointed to extend in the late 20th – the early 21st century. The language training correspondence model didactic advantages are analyzed. The order of the accelerated evolution from a linguistic self-education / training by correspondence to electronic linguistic didactics recommended practices is revealed. The process of using Internet resources is considered. There is drawn attention to the need for creating Internet-friendly training package. The prospects for globalizing the distance strategy of linguistic training are discernible.