Abstract:

This article analyzes the use of the YouTube as one of the methods of Spanish language training of students of Economics. The work looks the insight of the basic advantages of this social service. In the work the authors suggest certain ideas and examples how to use the video captures in the classroom, driven by certain economic issues. The integration of Russian education into the European and global educational systems, growing intercultural cooperation shift the change in the society's attitude towards foreign languages as a means of intercultural communication, knowledge of the world and receiving information.

The material is based on computer technology, and its distribution in the course of study shifts the student into a new, more active mode of activity which helps to maximize the manifestation of creative capabilities and creates the necessary preconditions for the successful assimilation of large volumes of information. The teacher gets more possibilities for improvement of the learning process as well as communicative competence of students and thus, achieving a higher level of quality, holistic development of every individual participant in the classroom interaction.

Command of a spoken language greatly increases the rating of negotiating partner and it is the language skills that are often the priority factor in the selection of a business partner.

Keywords:

Social services, video hosting, language competence, video clip, an Internet resource, motivation, listening, authentic materials, multimedia technology.