THE MEDIA IN THE LANGUAGE EDUCATION

Bourina Helena¹*, Dunaeva Larisa^2
1 PhD. in Pedagogical Science, of the Department of Foreign Languages, Institute of Foreign Languages Peoples Friendship University of Russia (Russian Federation).
     E-mail: helenabourina@yandex.ru
² Dr. in Pedagogical Science, Professor of the Philological Faculty of Lomonosov Moscow State University. The vice-dean of the Faculty of Philology for innovation activity. (Russian Federation) ;
E-mail: dunaevalar@gmail.com
* Corresponding author 

Abstract

Nowadays we have many possibilities to learn a foreign language. Educational institutions are only one of the ways to access a foreign language. The spread of languages by the means of media become wider and more attractive. The media present an inexhaustible source of language skills and communication practice. The media work with multilingualism, and, if effectively used, they present a language in its true greatness. The access to foreign radio and television contributes to the learner’s improvement in the knowledge of foreign culture and their social development competences. The learners have the possibility to listen to and to watch the programs in a foreign language round the clock and to choose what they like. It is worth mentioning that the base of all language education is decentralization. The learners have to understand that in other countries people speak, think and dream in a different way. Education certainly has an important place in this construction. The media help to decentralize the learners by offering them foreign situations through which the learners discover another culture, history, people’s mentality and their customs on a daily basis. This is the multi-referentiality where the learners build their own identity and accept the existence of different viewpoints. The media bring the outside world to the educational institutions without pedagogic modification. They have a great advantage of using the language of the native speakers, with the specificities of a native practice, which is different from the teacher’s performance. If used effectively, the media present the language in its true greatness; introduce the proper attitudes and manners of the culture where the conversation is taking place. The use of new technologies in language studies requires technical progress, pedagogical efforts and consideration. It is possible to foresee the future tendency of a partial unschooling in learning foreign languages, which already shows the importance of linguistic changes (in the majority of extracurricular cases) and a great quantity of materials aimed at the language broadcast. Switching to self-directed learning would result in the change of the teacher’s role, which would have to develop. Should a change in school mentalities take place, we would certainly see the devaluation of traditional means. The didactics should fulfill a scientific function. It is supported by the specificity and the attributes of the means, content and pedagogical materials.  

Keywords: Language education, media, learner, new technologies, pedagogic revolution, native language, authentic