TEACHING WRITTEN FOREIGN LANGUAGE COMMUNICATION IN SOCIAL NETWORKING WITH DUE REGARD FOR PRAGMATICS

Abstract

The article deals with teaching written foreign language communication in the virtual space. The author focuses on the necessity to revise the existing approaches to teaching writing skills. It would thus help to meet the students’ needs in face-to-face written communication with the use of ICT. Much attention is given to the development of relevant linguistic competences in written communication with regard for pragmatics. The author stresses the necessity of creating training modules and manuals, which could provide dialogical written communication skills necessary for social networking. An exemplary structure of such manuals is briefly described.