CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE OF POLITICAL VIDEOSIN THE CLASSROOM
the paper is devoted to the improvement of teaching professionally oriented english in the areas of “Political science”, international Relations”, “Regional studies” at the department of international Relations and socio-Political sciences of Moscow state linguistic university through the use of authentic political video materials. the author gives teaching advice and recommendations on the use of “state and Political structure of great Britain”. the author’s teaching experience proves the effectiveness of using videos related to politics as a means of teaching professional english and especially as a source of relevant regional political information. Video materials facilitate students’ speaking and cognitive skills, which makes it possible for the teacher to achieve several didactic goals simultaneously. it also corresponds to the integrated approach to teaching. students get exposed to the life, traditions, language variations of the regions under study. the technique also contributes to the individualization of learning and enhances students’ motivation. the emotional potential of video materials has a positive impact on students’ imagination and builds up their personal attitude towards the events they watch. the technique also helps to improve students’ attention and memory. the psychic processes are intensified, which produces a stimulating effect on the process of memorization. classroom discussions of video materials create an atmosphere of joint learning. the use of video materials tends to intensify the whole of the teaching and learning process. the paper is based on the use of authentic video materials borrowed from free electronic resources.