Vestnik of Samara State Technical University Psychological and Pedagogical SciencesVestnik of Samara State Technical University Psychological and Pedagogical Sciences1991-85692712-892XSamara State Technical University52242Research ArticleInnovative technologies in teaching a foreign languageAgeyenkoNatalia V.Cand. Ped. Sci., Associate Professor of Foreign Languages DepartmentL-2402@yandex.ruRybkinaAlla A.Cand. Ped. Sci., Associate Professor of Foreign Languages Departmentrybkina_a_a@mail.ruSamara State Technical UniversitySamara Branch of Moscow City Pedagogical University1512201714471425112020Copyright © 2017, Ageyenko N.V., Rybkina A.A.2017In the article, the necessity to introduce innovative educational technologies to improve the effectiveness of the learning process is actualized. It is noted that the use of innovative computer technologies is not only a means of gaining knowledge, but also a means of forming professional competencies. A number of modern methods of teaching a foreign language are distinguished and a description of the tasks of the Web technology quest is given in detail. The authors come to the conclusion that it is expedient to use web quests as one of the varieties of innovative technologies in the educational process, the effectiveness of which is confirmed by the growing cognitive activity of students, the possibility of individualizing the learning process, raising the level of socialization of future specialists, and the level of professional competence.innovative educational technologyefficiencydevelopment of professional competenciesweb quest technologysocializationcognitive activityинновационная образовательная технологияэффективностьформирование профессиональных компетенцийвеб-квест технологиисоциализацияпознавательная активность[Павлова А.М., Зеер Э.Ф. Проблема изучения профессионально-личностного потенциала: результаты поискового исследования // Образование и наука. - 2012. - № 1. - С. 103-115.][Вахрушева С.Н. Компетентностный подход в лингводидактической подготовке бакалавров // Достижения и перспективы развития профессионального образования: сб. науч. ст. - Челябинск: Изд. Центр ЮУрГУ, 2016. - С. 91-95.][Андреева М.В. Технологии веб-квест в формировании коммуникативной и социокультурной компетенции // Информационно-коммуникационные технологии в обучении иностранным языкам: Тезисы докл. I Междунар. науч.-практ. конф. - М., 2014.][Николаева Н.В. Образовательные квест-проекты как метод и средство развития навыков информационной деятельности учащихся // Вопросы интернет- образования. - 2002. - № 7.][Dodge B. Some Thoughts About WebQuests. 1995-1997.][March T. What's on the Web? Sorting Strands of the World Wide Web for Educators. 1995-2001.][March T. Working the Web for Education. Theory and Practice on Integrating the Web for Learning. 1997-2001.][March T. Web-Quests for Learning. 1998.][Dodge B. A Rubric for Evaluating WebQuests. 2001.][Dodge B. Creating A Rubric for a Given Task. 2001.][Bauer-Ramazani Chr. WebQuests Resource Page. 1998-2005.][The WebQuest Page. Reading and Training Materials. 1998-2005. http://webquest.sdsu.edu/materials.htm]