Short Video — a New Approach to Language International Education

Abstract

Educational opportunities of new media are investigated on the example of the TikTok social network, especially provided opportunities in the field of studying Russian as a foreign language. The attention is paid to the teaching opportunities of short videos in TikTok, and the reasons for the spread of TikTok for teaching Russian are analyzed. It is concluded that short videos allow you to concentrate attention, they have a bright emotional specter and contribute to good memorization of new vocabulary, correct intonation of pronunciation and give visual video examples of the use of new vocabulary. All this allows us to call the use of the TikTok network an effective tool in teaching foreigners Russian vocabulary and Russian speech.